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

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Unofficial style guide

SoundCloudstyle guide

SoundCloud’s website (soundcloud.com) uses Monaco for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Orange Red (#FF5500), Deep Crimson (#D61348) and Royal Blue (#044DD2), with #121212 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 3 November 2026.

Typefaces
Monaco, a, Söhne
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
3 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://soundcloud.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the soundcloud.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of soundcloud.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 3 Nov 2026.

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
● 58 / 60 characters
Meta description
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
● 134 / 160 characters
Site name
SoundCloud
og:title
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
og:description
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
Language
en
Theme colour
#333

In search results

SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/

Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

soundcloud.com

Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands,…

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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 (#121212) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 41.4%
  • Near Black 24.4%
  • Dark Grey 9.9%
  • Orange Red 7%
  • Deep Crimson 3.2%
  • Royal Blue 3.1%
  • Warm Grey 1.6%
  • Dim Grey 1.6%
  • Light Slate Grey 1.6%
  • Salmon 1.6%
  • Light Slate Blue 1%
  • Olive Drab 0.7%
  • Dodger Blue 0.7%
  • Light Crimson 0.7%
  • Deep Slate Blue 0.7%
  • Sea Green 0.6%

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
    18.73:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · body, .header

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 93
    On text
    —
    On white
    18.73:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .sc-text-primary, .g-form-section-title

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 60
    On text
    3.26:1 AA large
    On white
    5.74:1 AA

    Text, border, background · .g-tabs-link .g-tabs-subheading, .sc-toggle

  • Warm Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 7 6 44
    On text
    5.16:1 AA
    On white
    3.63:1 AA large

    Background · .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-2, .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-5

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Orange Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 67 100 0
    On text
    5.84:1 AA
    On white
    3.21:1 AA large

    Text, background, graphic · .g-tabs-link.active .g-tabs-subheading, .sc-toggle:before

  • Deep Crimson

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 91 66 16
    On text
    3.61:1 AA large
    On white
    5.19:1 AA

    Text, border, background · .sc-label.sc-label-error-color, .sc-input-required-label:after

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    98 63 0 18
    On text
    2.67:1 Fail
    On white
    7.01:1 AAA

    Text, background · .sc-label.sc-label-link-color, a

  • Dim Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 27 15 48
    On text
    3.50:1 AA large
    On white
    5.35:1 AA

    Background · .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-0, .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-1

  • Light Slate Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    28 6 0 39
    On text
    5.60:1 AA
    On white
    3.34:1 AA large

    Background · .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-0, .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-3

  • Salmon

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 43 52 10
    On text
    7.04:1 AAA
    On white
    2.66:1 Fail

    Background · .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-1, .sc-artwork.sc-artwork-placeholder-4

  • Light Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 67 0 30
    On text
    2.03:1 Fail
    On white
    9.22:1 AAA

    Background · .sc-social-logo.sc-social-logo-facebook, .sc-button.sc-button-facebook

  • Olive Drab

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    39 0 66 45
    On text
    4.57:1 AA
    On white
    4.10:1 AA large

    Background · .sc-button.sc-button-support, --support-bg-color

  • Dodger Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    88 33 0 5
    On text
    6.63:1 AA
    On white
    2.83:1 Fail

    Background · .sc-social-logo.sc-social-logo-twitter, --twitter-color

  • Light Crimson

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 85 10
    On text
    3.92:1 AA large
    On white
    4.78:1 AA

    Background · .sc-social-logo.sc-social-logo-pinterest, --pinterest-color

  • Deep Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    42 25 0 64
    On text
    1.95:1 Fail
    On white
    9.58:1 AAA

    Background · .sc-social-logo.sc-social-logo-tumblr, --tumblr-color

  • Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 0 41 47
    On text
    4.14:1 AA large
    On white
    4.53:1 AA

    Text · .sc-promoted-icon, --success-color

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(rgba(18,18,18,.05),rgba(18,18,18,.15))

  • linear-gradient(135deg,#846170,#70929c)

  • linear-gradient(135deg,#846170,#e6846e)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site
Aa Light · #121212 on #FFFFFF
Aa Dark · #FFFFFF on #121212 · 18.73:1 AAA
  • White

    #FFFFFF · --primary-color

  • Near Black

    #121212 · --surface-color

  • Charcoal

    #303030 · --highlight-color

  • Cornflower Blue

    #699FFF · --link-color

  • Orange Red

    #FF5500 · --font-special-color

  • Grey

    #999999 · --secondary-color

  • Dark Green

    #33691E · --support-text-color

  • Royal Blue

    #044DD2 · --button-focused-box-shadow

  • Lavender

    #EEE8FE · --artist-color

  • Warm Off White

    #F4EEDF · --artist-pro-color

  • Slate Blue

    #5A45FD · --artist-surface-color

  • Saddle Brown

    #6F5B37 · --artist-pro-surface-color

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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.

Monaco

Aa 400

Monaco

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

Aa 400

a

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

Aa 400 Aa 900

Söhne

Self-hosted · weights 400, 600, 700, 900 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Segoe UI

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 14 px
Heading 1 2rem · 28 px / 2.5714285714285716rem

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Heading 2 1.5714285714285714rem · 22 px / 2rem

Stream and listen to music online for free with…

Heading 3 1.2142857142857142rem · 17 px / 1.7142857142857142rem

Stream and listen to music online for free with…

Heading 4 1rem · 14 px / 1.4285714285714286rem

Stream and listen to music online for free with…

Heading 5 0.8571428571428571rem · 12 px / 1.1428571428571428rem

Stream and listen to music online for free with…

Body 1rem · 14 px / 1.4285714285714286rem

Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

Small 80%

Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 36pxline 1.2 · 1 rules
  • 28pxline 1.29 · 3 rules
  • 21px1 rules
  • 20pxline 28px · 2 rules
  • 18px1 rules
  • 14pxline 2 · 5 rules
  • 13pxline 18px · 1 rules
  • 12px1 rules

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Elements

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

Elements

Corner radius

  • 4px · 13×
  • 50% · 8×
  • 100px · 7×
  • 3px · 2×
  • 16px · 2×
  • 50px · 2×

Shadows

  • 0 0 0 2px #044dd2
  • 0 0 0 1px #666

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Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

1079
1130
1239
1280

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

645 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 58 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does SoundCloud use?
SoundCloud’s website uses two typefaces: Monaco (headings and body text), a system font; Söhne, self-hosted.
What are SoundCloud’s brand colours?
The main colours on soundcloud.com are Orange Red (#FF5500), Deep Crimson (#D61348), Royal Blue (#044DD2), Dim Grey (#846170), Light Slate Grey (#70929C) and Salmon (#E6846E).
What colour is SoundCloud’s text and background?
Body text is #121212 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is SoundCloud’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on soundcloud.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check SoundCloud’s own brand or press page.
Is this SoundCloud’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from soundcloud.com’s public web pages on 3 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with SoundCloud. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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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

soundcloud-com-tokens.css

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/* soundcloud.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/soundcloud.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #121212;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #121212;
  --colour-dark-grey: #666666;
  --colour-warm-grey: #8E8485;
  --colour-orange-red: #FF5500;
  --colour-deep-crimson: #D61348;
  --colour-royal-blue: #044DD2;
  --colour-dim-grey: #846170;
  --colour-light-slate-grey: #70929C;
  --colour-salmon: #E6846E;
  --colour-light-slate-blue: #003BB3;
  --colour-olive-drab: #558B2F;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #1DA1F2;
  --colour-light-crimson: #E60023;
  --colour-deep-slate-blue: #36465D;
  --colour-sea-green: #008850;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(rgba(18,18,18,.05),rgba(18,18,18,.15));
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(135deg,#846170,#70929c);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(135deg,#846170,#e6846e);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-other: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2rem;
  --leading-h1: 2.5714285714285716rem;
  --text-h2: 1.5714285714285714rem;
  --leading-h2: 2rem;
  --text-h3: 1.2142857142857142rem;
  --leading-h3: 1.7142857142857142rem;
  --text-h4: 1rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.4285714285714286rem;
  --text-h5: 0.8571428571428571rem;
  --leading-h5: 1.1428571428571428rem;
  --text-body: 1rem;
  --leading-body: 1.4285714285714286rem;
  --text-small: 80%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: 100px;
  --radius-4: 3px;
  --radius-5: 16px;
  --radius-6: 50px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 1079px;
  --breakpoint-2: 1130px;
  --breakpoint-3: 1239px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1280px;
  --max-width-1: 645px;
}

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