What font does San Francisco Examiner use?

San Francisco Examiner’s website uses two typefaces: PT Serif (headings), google Fonts; PT Sans (body text), google Fonts.

What are San Francisco Examiner’s brand colours?

The main colours on sfexaminer.com are Royal Blue (#305B80), Fire Brick (#BE1F00), Brown (#A94442), Dark Olive Green (#3C763D), Dark Golden Rod (#8A6D3B) and Steel Blue (#31708F).

What colour is San Francisco Examiner’s text and background?

Body text is #222222 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is San Francisco Examiner’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on sfexaminer.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check San Francisco Examiner’s own brand or press page.

Is this San Francisco Examiner’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from sfexaminer.com’s public web pages on 25 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with San Francisco Examiner. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from sfexaminer.com’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by San Francisco Examiner. The real site is sfexaminer.com ↗

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San Francisco Examinerstyle guide

San Francisco Examiner’s website (sfexaminer.com) sets its headings in PT Serif and its body text in PT Sans. Its palette is led by Royal Blue (#305B80), Fire Brick (#BE1F00) and Brown (#A94442), with #222222 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 25 October 2026.

Website: sfexaminer.com
Typefaces: PT Serif, PT Sans, Helvetica Neue
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 25 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the sfexaminer.com homepage on a phone — On a phone, 390 px.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title: San Francisco Examiner; ● 22 / 60 characters
Meta description: The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.; ● 111 / 160 characters
Site name: San Francisco Examiner
og:title: sfexaminer.com
og:description: The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.
Language: en

In search results

San Francisco Examinerhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/

San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.

When shared

The image San Francisco Examiner shares with links

sfexaminer.com

The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalis…

Logo & favicons

Found as: image in the header. PNG, 200 × 69.

Logo

On white

On black

On Royal Blue

Favicons

1 found

16 px · ICO shortcut icon

San Francisco Examiner

Light browser tab

San Francisco Examiner

Dark browser tab

Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#222222) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 43.7%
Black 12.7%
Dark Grey 8.9%
Off White 8.7%
Royal Blue 4.6%
Fire Brick 3.8%
Brown 2.5%
Dark Olive Green 2.4%
Dark Golden Rod 2.4%
Steel Blue 1.9%
Corn Silk 1.7%
Honey Dew 1.6%
Dark Green 1.4%
Sky Blue 1.4%
Orange 1.1%
Indian Red 1.1%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure

White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
15.91:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · body, #main-navigation.navbar-dynamic #navbar-asset-header .share-header
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.32:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .boxed-title section > .clearfix .block-title, .section-tag-title .card-label-section *
Dark Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 65

On text
2.27:1 Fail

On white
7.00:1 AAA

Text, background · h1 small, .nav>li.disabled>a
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 13

On text
11.71:1 AAA

On white
1.36:1 Fail

Border, background, text · .btn-contrib, .nav .nav-divider

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
63 29 0 50

On text
2.22:1 Fail

On white
7.16:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .panel-primary>.panel-heading, .btn-primary
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 84 100 25

On text
2.56:1 Fail

On white
6.20:1 AA

Text, background, border · .btn-primary, .accent-title .block-title .block-title-inner *
Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 60 61 34

On text
2.72:1 Fail

On white
5.85:1 AA

Text, background, border · .panel-danger>.panel-heading .badge, .panel-danger>.panel-heading
Dark Olive Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
49 0 48 54

On text
2.92:1 Fail

On white
5.45:1 AA

Text, background, border · .panel-success>.panel-heading .badge, .panel-success>.panel-heading
Dark Golden Rod

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 21 57 46

On text
3.28:1 AA large

On white
4.85:1 AA

Text, background, border · .panel-warning>.panel-heading .badge, .panel-warning>.panel-heading
Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
66 22 0 44

On text
2.91:1 Fail

On white
5.46:1 AA

Text, background, border · .panel-info>.panel-heading .badge, .panel-info>.panel-heading
Corn Silk

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 2 10 1

On text
14.91:1 AAA

On white
1.07:1 Fail

Background, text · .panel-warning>.panel-heading, .panel-warning>.panel-heading .badge
Honey Dew

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
7 0 10 6

On text
13.33:1 AAA

On white
1.19:1 Fail

Background, text · .panel-success>.panel-heading, .panel-success>.panel-heading .badge
Dark Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
56 0 56 61

On text
2.22:1 Fail

On white
7.17:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .btn-success, .btn-success .badge
Sky Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
59 14 0 13

On text
7.61:1 AAA

On white
2.09:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .btn-info, .btn-info .badge
Orange

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 28 68 6

On text
8.18:1 AAA

On white
1.95:1 Fail

Background, text · .btn-warning, .btn-warning .badge
Indian Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 62 64 15

On text
4.02:1 AA large

On white
3.96:1 AA large

Background, text · .btn-danger, .btn-danger .badge

Gradients

linear-gradient(45deg,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 25%,transparent 25%,transparent 50%,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 50%,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 75%,transparent 75%,transparent)
linear-gradient(45deg,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 25%,transparent 25%,transparent 50%,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 50%,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 75%,transparent 75%,transparent)
linear-gradient(to right,#fff0,#fff 10%)

Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

PT Serif

Aa 400 Aa 700

PT Serif

Google Fonts · weights 400, 700 · headings

Aa 400 Aa 700

PT Sans

Google Fonts · weights 400, 700 · headings, body

Aa 400

Helvetica Neue

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 10 px

Heading 1 36px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Heading 2 30px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Heading 3 24px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Heading 4 18px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Heading 5 14px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Heading 6 12px / 1.1 weight 500

San Francisco Examiner

Body 14px / 1.42857143 PT Sans

The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.

Paragraph 11px / 20px weight 700 · uppercase · PT Serif

The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.

Small 85%

The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.

Link 18px / 1 weight 700 · uppercase · PT Sans

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

30pxline 1 · 7 rules
24pxline 1 · 16 rules
20pxline 20px · 10 rules
18pxline 1.33 · 30 rules
16pxline 1.4 · 24 rules
14pxline 1.42857143 · 34 rules
13pxline 1.4em · 12 rules
12pxline 1.5 · 58 rules

Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Button

Get started

.btn-primary · #305B80

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #305B80

Corner radius

4px · 27×
6px · 10×
3px · 10×
50% · 5×
4px 4px 0 0 · 3×
15px · 2×

Shadows

2px 2px #0000001a
5px 0 #000000b3,-5px 0 #000000b3
5px 0 0 #fff, -5px 0 0 #fff
0 0 26px -1px #0000001a

Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

320

480

767

768

991

992

1199

1200

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1170 px

1140 px

660 px

400 px

330 px

300 px

Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

● FineThe title is 22 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does San Francisco Examiner use?: San Francisco Examiner’s website uses two typefaces: PT Serif (headings), google Fonts; PT Sans (body text), google Fonts.
What are San Francisco Examiner’s brand colours?: The main colours on sfexaminer.com are Royal Blue (#305B80), Fire Brick (#BE1F00), Brown (#A94442), Dark Olive Green (#3C763D), Dark Golden Rod (#8A6D3B) and Steel Blue (#31708F).
What colour is San Francisco Examiner’s text and background?: Body text is #222222 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is San Francisco Examiner’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on sfexaminer.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check San Francisco Examiner’s own brand or press page.
Is this San Francisco Examiner’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from sfexaminer.com’s public web pages on 25 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with San Francisco Examiner. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

sfexaminer-com-tokens.css

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/* sfexaminer.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/sfexaminer.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #222222;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-dark-grey: #595959;
  --colour-off-white: #DDDDDD;
  --colour-royal-blue: #305B80;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BE1F00;
  --colour-brown: #A94442;
  --colour-dark-olive-green: #3C763D;
  --colour-dark-golden-rod: #8A6D3B;
  --colour-steel-blue: #31708F;
  --colour-corn-silk: #FCF8E3;
  --colour-honey-dew: #DFF0D8;
  --colour-dark-green: #2C632C;
  --colour-sky-blue: #5BC0DE;
  --colour-orange: #F0AD4E;
  --colour-indian-red: #D9534F;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(45deg,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 25%,transparent 25%,transparent 50%,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 50%,rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 75%,transparent 75%,transparent);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(45deg,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 25%,transparent 25%,transparent 50%,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 50%,rgba(255,255,255,.05) 75%,transparent 75%,transparent);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to right,#fff0,#fff 10%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'PT Serif', serif;
  --font-body: 'PT Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 36px;
  --leading-h1: 1.1;
  --text-h2: 30px;
  --leading-h2: 1.1;
  --text-h3: 24px;
  --leading-h3: 1.1;
  --text-h4: 18px;
  --leading-h4: 1.1;
  --text-h5: 14px;
  --leading-h5: 1.1;
  --text-h6: 12px;
  --leading-h6: 1.1;
  --text-body: 14px;
  --leading-body: 1.42857143;
  --text-p: 11px;
  --leading-p: 20px;
  --text-small: 85%;
  --text-a: 18px;
  --leading-a: 1;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: 6px;
  --radius-3: 3px;
  --radius-4: 50%;
  --radius-5: 4px 4px 0 0;
  --radius-6: 15px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 480px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 991px;
  --breakpoint-6: 992px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1199px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1200px;
  --max-width-1: 1170px;
  --max-width-2: 1140px;
  --max-width-3: 660px;
  --max-width-4: 400px;
  --max-width-5: 330px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

{
    "site": "sfexaminer.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/sfexaminer.com",
    "text": "#222222",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Grey",
            "hex": "#595959",
            "rgb": [
                89,
                89,
                89
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#DDDDDD",
            "rgb": [
                221,
                221,
                221
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#305B80",
            "rgb": [
                48,
                91,
                128
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#BE1F00",
            "rgb": [
                190,
                31,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Brown",
            "hex": "#A94442",
            "rgb": [
                169,
                68,
                66
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Olive Green",
            "hex": "#3C763D",
            "rgb": [
                60,
                118,
                61
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Golden Rod",
            "hex": "#8A6D3B",
            "rgb": [
                138,
                109,
                59
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#31708F",
            "rgb": [
                49,
                112,
                143
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Corn Silk",
            "hex": "#FCF8E3",
            "rgb": [
                252,
                248,
                227
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Honey Dew",
            "hex": "#DFF0D8",
            "rgb": [
                223,
                240,
                216
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Green",
            "hex": "#2C632C",
            "rgb": [
                44,
                99,
                44
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Sky Blue",
            "hex": "#5BC0DE",
            "rgb": [
                91,
                192,
                222
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Orange",
            "hex": "#F0AD4E",
            "rgb": [
                240,
                173,
                78
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Indian Red",
            "hex": "#D9534F",
            "rgb": [
                217,
                83,
                79
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "PT Serif",
            "stack": "'PT Serif', serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Google Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "PT Sans",
            "stack": "'PT Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Google Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "Helvetica Neue",
            "stack": "\"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        }
    ]
}

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San Francisco Examinerstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Black

Dark Grey

Off White

Colours

Royal Blue

Fire Brick

Brown

Dark Olive Green

Dark Golden Rod

Steel Blue

Corn Silk

Honey Dew

Dark Green

Sky Blue

Orange

Indian Red

Gradients

PT Serif

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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