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Smashing Magazinestyle guide
Smashing Magazine’s website (smashingmagazine.com) uses Arial for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Crimson (#D33A2C), Light Sea Green (#41B14F) and Steel Blue (#006FC6), with #333333 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 24 October 2026.
- Website
- smashingmagazine.com
- Typefaces
- Arial, Mija, Elena
- Palette
- 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
- Captured
- 24 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/
Screenshot
smashingmagazine.com
Identity & metadata
What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.
Title &
description
- Page title
- Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
- ● 52 / 60 characters
- Meta description
- Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
- ● 120 / 160 characters
- Site name
- Smashing Magazine
- og:title
- Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
- og:description
- Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
- Language
- en
- Theme colour
- #d33a2c
In search results
Smashing Magazinehttps://www.smashingmagazine.com/
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
When shared
smashingmagazine.com
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end…
Logo & favicons
Found as: image in the header. SVG, 60 × 80.
Logo
On white
On black
On Crimson
Favicons
3 found-
256 px · SVG
icon
-
180 px · PNG
apple-touch-icon
-
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Light browser tab
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
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 (#333333) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.
Colour
Balance
How much each colour is used- White 32.9%
- Crimson 15%
- Dark Grey 10.5%
- Light Sea Green 8.7%
- Charcoal 8.5%
- Steel Blue 6.3%
- Off White 5.4%
- Corn Silk 2.4%
- Deep Sky Blue 1.9%
- Coral 1.8%
- Light Maroon 1.8%
- Yellow Green 1.8%
- Deep Maroon 1.2%
- Fire Brick 1%
- Deep Sea Green 0.5%
- Honey Dew 0.4%
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
- 12.63:1 AAA
- On white
- —
Text, background, graphic · body, .btn--white
-
Dark Grey
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 60
- On text
- 2.20:1 Fail
- On white
- 5.74:1 AA
Text, background, border · .btn[disabled].ladda-button, .author__desc__title
-
Charcoal
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 80
- On text
- —
- On white
- 12.63:1 AAA
Text, background, graphic · body, .card .btn--card
-
Off White
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 13
- On text
- 9.30:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.36:1 Fail
Background, border, graphic · .book-cta__title, .btn--lined
Colours
Brand colours and accents, most used first-
Crimson
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 73 79 17
- On text
- 2.65:1 Fail
- On white
- 4.76:1 AA
Background, text, border · .header, .main-nav__secondary .nav-item-link
-
Light Sea Green
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 63 0 55 31
- On text
- 4.59:1 AA
- On white
- 2.75:1 Fail
Background, text, border · .btn--green, .card .btn--card
-
Steel Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 100 44 0 22
- On text
- 2.46:1 Fail
- On white
- 5.14:1 AA
Text, background, graphic · .btn--blue, .cart .product-title a
-
Corn Silk
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 5 20 0
- On text
- 11.33:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.12:1 Fail
Background · .article__related__wrapper .article__related-articles__title, .coupon
-
Deep Sky Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 77 18 0 23
- On text
- 4.26:1 AA large
- On white
- 2.96:1 Fail
Text, background, graphic · .dashboard-membership__heading .supporter, .card__guide--lightblue
-
Coral
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 48 74 3
- On text
- 4.91:1 AA
- On white
- 2.58:1 Fail
Background, text, border · .btn, .btn--orange
-
Light Maroon
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 78 84 49
- On text
- 1.28:1 Fail
- On white
- 9.91:1 AAA
Text, background, border · .author--white .author__desc__title, .bg--dark-red
-
Yellow Green
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 18 0 61 24
- On text
- 6.13:1 AA
- On white
- 2.06:1 Fail
Background · .btn--green, .download__action .btn
-
Deep Maroon
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 79 84 78
- On text
- 1.35:1 Fail
- On white
- 17.07:1 AAA
Text, background, graphic · .author__related h6, .book-cta--on-red .book-cta__title span
-
Fire Brick
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 72 79 26
- On text
- 2.20:1 Fail
- On white
- 5.74:1 AA
Background, border · --promo-highlight, .featured-article:nth-of-type(3n+1)
-
Deep Sea Green
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 85 0 32 36
- On text
- 3.96:1 AA large
- On white
- 3.19:1 AA large
Text · .card__guide--green, --promo-highlight
-
Honey Dew
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 12 0 5 5
- On text
- 10.73:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.18:1 Fail
Background · .subnav-item--green .nav-item-link, .article-header--updated
Gradients
-
linear-gradient(#9ec14c,#41b14f)
-
linear-gradient(#ddd,#ddd)
-
linear-gradient(to bottom,#f88040,#d33a2c)
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.
Arial
Aa
400
Aa
700
Arial
System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 600, 700 · headings, buttons, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it
Aa
400
Aa
700
Mija
Self-hosted · weights 400, 700 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it
Aa
400
Aa
700
Elena
Self-hosted · weights 400, 700 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”
Type scale
From the site’s CSS
Heading 1
calc(1.625rem + 1.6vw) / 1.2
Arial
Smashing Magazine
Heading 2
calc(1.375rem + 1.6vw) / 1.2
Arial
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Devel…
Heading 3
calc(1.5rem + .25vw) / 1.2
capitalize · Arial
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Devel…
Heading 4
calc(1.125rem + .25vw) / calc(1.3em + .2 * (100vw - 21em)/14)
uppercase
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Devel…
Heading 5
calc(1rem + .25vw) / calc(1.3em + .2 * (100vw - 21em)/ 14)
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Devel…
Heading 6
calc(1rem + .25vw) / calc(1.3em + .2 * (100vw - 21em)/ 14)
uppercase
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Devel…
Body
1.125em · 18 px
Arial
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Paragraph
.9em · 14 px / calc(1.5em + .2vw)
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Small
80%
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Button
— / .6
weight 700 · none · Mija
Get started
Link
.95em · 15 px
weight 700 · lowercase · Mija
Read more about Smashing Magazine
Sizes in use
Most common across the site- 24pxline 1.2 · 11 rules
- 19px12 rules
- 18pxline 1.55em · 27 rules
- 16pxline 0 · 49 rules
- 14pxline 1.5em · 93 rules
- 13pxline 1 · 35 rules
- 12pxline 150% · 23 rules
- 11pxline 1 · 16 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 · #D33A2C · radius 11px
Link
Read our latest news today.
a · #006FC6
Corner radius
- 11px · 142×
- 50% · 11×
- 11px 11px 0 0 · 7×
- inherit · 6×
- 11px 0 0 11px · 6×
- 2px · 5×
Shadows
- 0 13px 27px -5px rgba(50,50,93,.25),0 8px 16px -8px rgba(0,0,0,.3),0 -6px 16px -6px rgba(0,0,0,.025)
- 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3)
- 0 6px 40px rgba(0,0,0,.3)
- 0 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.2)
Layout
Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.
Grid
Breakpoints
480
550
640
650
768
800
1024
1025
On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.
Content widths (max-width)
1440 px
800 px
600 px
480 px
400 px
300 px
Notes
Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.
Notes
- ● FineThe title is 52 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 Smashing Magazine use?
- Smashing Magazine’s website uses three typefaces: Arial (headings and body text), a system font; Mija, self-hosted; Elena, self-hosted.
- What are Smashing Magazine’s brand colours?
- The main colours on smashingmagazine.com are Crimson (#D33A2C), Light Sea Green (#41B14F), Steel Blue (#006FC6), Corn Silk (#FFF2CC), Deep Sky Blue (#2DA2C5) and Coral (#F88040).
- What colour is Smashing Magazine’s text and background?
- Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.
- Where is Smashing Magazine’s logo from?
- The logo shown in this guide was found on smashingmagazine.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Smashing Magazine’s own brand or press page.
- Is this Smashing Magazine’s official style guide?
- No. SiteStyleGuide made it from smashingmagazine.com’s public web pages on 24 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Smashing Magazine. 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
smashingmagazine-com-tokens.css
/* smashingmagazine.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/smashingmagazine.com) */
:root {
/* Colours */
--text: #333333;
--background: #FFFFFF;
--colour-white: #FFFFFF;
--colour-dark-grey: #666666;
--colour-charcoal: #333333;
--colour-off-white: #DDDDDD;
--colour-crimson: #D33A2C;
--colour-light-sea-green: #41B14F;
--colour-steel-blue: #006FC6;
--colour-corn-silk: #FFF2CC;
--colour-deep-sky-blue: #2DA2C5;
--colour-coral: #F88040;
--colour-light-maroon: #811D15;
--colour-yellow-green: #9EC14C;
--colour-deep-maroon: #390C09;
--colour-fire-brick: #BC3428;
--colour-deep-sea-green: #18A46F;
--colour-honey-dew: #D6F3E7;
--gradient-1: linear-gradient(#9ec14c,#41b14f);
--gradient-2: linear-gradient(#ddd,#ddd);
--gradient-3: linear-gradient(to bottom,#f88040,#d33a2c);
/* Typefaces */
--font-headings: -apple-system, 'Arial', blinkmacsystemfont, 'Roboto Slab', 'Droid Serif', 'Segoe UI';
--font-buttons: -apple-system, 'Arial', blinkmacsystemfont, 'Roboto Slab', 'Droid Serif', 'Segoe UI';
--font-body: -apple-system, 'Arial', blinkmacsystemfont, 'Roboto Slab', 'Droid Serif', 'Segoe UI';
/* Type scale */
--text-h1: calc(1.625rem + 1.6vw);
--leading-h1: 1.2;
--text-h2: calc(1.375rem + 1.6vw);
--leading-h2: 1.2;
--text-h3: calc(1.5rem + .25vw);
--leading-h3: 1.2;
--text-h4: calc(1.125rem + .25vw);
--text-h5: calc(1rem + .25vw);
--text-h6: calc(1rem + .25vw);
--text-body: 1.125em;
--text-p: .9em;
--leading-p: calc(1.5em + .2vw);
--text-small: 80%;
--text-a: .95em;
/* Shape */
--radius-1: 11px;
--radius-2: 50%;
--radius-3: 11px 11px 0 0;
--radius-4: inherit;
--radius-5: 11px 0 0 11px;
--radius-6: 2px;
/* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
--breakpoint-1: 480px;
--breakpoint-2: 550px;
--breakpoint-3: 640px;
--breakpoint-4: 650px;
--breakpoint-5: 768px;
--breakpoint-6: 800px;
--breakpoint-7: 1024px;
--breakpoint-8: 1025px;
--max-width-1: 1440px;
--max-width-2: 800px;
--max-width-3: 600px;
--max-width-4: 480px;
--max-width-5: 400px;
--max-width-6: 300px;
}
{
"site": "smashingmagazine.com",
"source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/smashingmagazine.com",
"text": "#333333",
"background": "#FFFFFF",
"colours": [
{
"name": "White",
"hex": "#FFFFFF",
"rgb": [
255,
255,
255
]
},
{
"name": "Dark Grey",
"hex": "#666666",
"rgb": [
102,
102,
102
]
},
{
"name": "Charcoal",
"hex": "#333333",
"rgb": [
51,
51,
51
]
},
{
"name": "Off White",
"hex": "#DDDDDD",
"rgb": [
221,
221,
221
]
},
{
"name": "Crimson",
"hex": "#D33A2C",
"rgb": [
211,
58,
44
]
},
{
"name": "Light Sea Green",
"hex": "#41B14F",
"rgb": [
65,
177,
79
]
},
{
"name": "Steel Blue",
"hex": "#006FC6",
"rgb": [
0,
111,
198
]
},
{
"name": "Corn Silk",
"hex": "#FFF2CC",
"rgb": [
255,
242,
204
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Sky Blue",
"hex": "#2DA2C5",
"rgb": [
45,
162,
197
]
},
{
"name": "Coral",
"hex": "#F88040",
"rgb": [
248,
128,
64
]
},
{
"name": "Light Maroon",
"hex": "#811D15",
"rgb": [
129,
29,
21
]
},
{
"name": "Yellow Green",
"hex": "#9EC14C",
"rgb": [
158,
193,
76
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Maroon",
"hex": "#390C09",
"rgb": [
57,
12,
9
]
},
{
"name": "Fire Brick",
"hex": "#BC3428",
"rgb": [
188,
52,
40
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Sea Green",
"hex": "#18A46F",
"rgb": [
24,
164,
111
]
},
{
"name": "Honey Dew",
"hex": "#D6F3E7",
"rgb": [
214,
243,
231
]
}
],
"fonts": [
{
"name": "Arial",
"stack": "-apple-system, Arial, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto Slab, Droid Serif, Segoe UI, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Georgia, serif",
"weights": [
400,
600,
700
],
"source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
},
{
"name": "Mija",
"stack": "Mija",
"weights": [
400,
700
],
"source": "Self-hosted"
},
{
"name": "Elena",
"stack": "Elena",
"weights": [
400,
700
],
"source": "Self-hosted"
}
]
}
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