What font does Space use?

Space’s website uses three typefaces: Open Sans (headings and body text), served from vanilla.futurecdn.net; Plus Jakarta Sans, google Fonts; flexisites, served from vanilla.futurecdn.net.

What are Space’s brand colours?

The main colours on space.com are Deep Royal Blue (#2C56A5), Light Royal Blue (#3669C9), Dark Slate Blue (#233D98), Steel Blue (#2F6E91), Deep Pink (#E40784) and Light Black (#111827).

What colour is Space’s text and background?

Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Space’s logo from?

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

Is this Space’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from space.com’s public web pages on 2 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Space. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

Unofficial style guide

Spacestyle guide

Space’s website (space.com) uses Open Sans for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Deep Royal Blue (#2C56A5), Light Royal Blue (#3669C9) and Dark Slate Blue (#233D98), with #333333 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 2 November 2026.

Website: space.com
Typefaces: Open Sans, Plus Jakarta Sans, Arial
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 2 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the space.com homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of space.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 2 Nov 2026.

Screenshot of the space.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: Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News; ● 53 / 60 characters
Meta description: Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.; ● 141 / 160 characters
Site name: Space
Language: en
Theme colour: #3669c9

In search results

Spacehttps://www.space.com/

Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News

Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

space.com

Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News

Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expa…

Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG, 16 × 16.

Logo

On white

On black

On Deep Royal Blue

Favicons

2 found

192 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
16 px · ICO icon

Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News

Light browser tab

Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News

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 39.3%
Charcoal 18.7%
Near Black 14.5%
Deep Royal Blue 9.7%
Light Grey 7.5%
Light Royal Blue 2.2%
Dark Slate Blue 1.7%
Steel Blue 1.1%
Deep Pink 1.1%
Light Black 0.9%
Deep Black 0.7%
Medium Violet Red 0.7%
Light Steel Blue 0.5%
Lime Green 0.5%
Dodger Blue 0.5%
Midnight Blue 0.5%

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, border · .menuitems .nav-sub-set-container.subsite-container .menu-item.menu-item-none.me, body
Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 80

On text
—

On white
12.63:1 AAA

Text, background, border · button, .burgerbar .nav-subscribe .subscribe-text
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 89

On text
1.36:1 Fail

On white
17.22:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .list-text-links .list-title:before, .fancy_box-title
Light Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 20

On text
7.87:1 AAA

On white
1.61:1 Fail

Border, background, text · .sticky-nav:not(.left-rail-nav) .sticky-nav__scroll-wrapper ul.scroll-wrapper__l, .separator-heading

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Deep Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 48 0 35

On text
1.79:1 Fail

On white
7.04:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .sticky-nav.left-rail-nav .sticky-nav__scroll-wrapper ul.scroll-wrapper__list li, body.flexi-page .widget-contentparsed .button.button--primary
Light Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 48 0 21

On text
2.42:1 Fail

On white
5.22:1 AA

Text, border, background · a, .collapsible-block-title
Dark Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
77 60 0 40

On text
1.32:1 Fail

On white
9.58:1 AAA

Background, border · :checked+.button-search, .menu-item
Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
68 24 0 43

On text
2.26:1 Fail

On white
5.58:1 AA

Background, text · .contrast-heading, .pro .menu-item.menu-item-main-pro
Deep Pink

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 97 42 11

On text
2.81:1 Fail

On white
4.50:1 AA

Text, background · .widget-content-parsed-fields_query.landscape-hero .cp-article-title, .pro .listingResult a.category-link
Light Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
56 38 0 85

On text
1.40:1 Fail

On white
17.74:1 AAA

Text · .chargebee-checkout-processing-title, .chargebee-checkout-active-sub-title
Deep Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 58 0 87

On text
1.52:1 Fail

On white
19.15:1 AAA

Text, background · .chargebee-checkout-email-title, .bg-\[var$--region-redirect-banner-background\,var\(--brand-color-1$\)\]
Medium Violet Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 69 33 45

On text
1.58:1 Fail

On white
8.01:1 AAA

Background, border · .pro .burgerbar, .menu-item.menu-item-main-pro
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
25 16 0 9

On text
7.10:1 AAA

On white
1.78:1 Fail

Text · a:visited, .widget-more-ddm .widget-more-ddm-label
Lime Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
49 0 94 31

On text
4.56:1 AA

On white
2.77:1 Fail

Background · .deal-block a.view-deal, .featured__text__button
Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
89 36 0 7

On text
4.07:1 AA large

On white
3.10:1 AA large

Text, background, border · --tw-ring-color, .bg-\[\#1A98EE\]
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
42 22 0 75

On text
1.02:1 Fail

On white
12.87:1 AAA

Text, background · .widget-edt-listing .wel-item .wel-item-title, .widget-dynamic-default .wdyn-item .wdyn-item-title

Gradients

linear-gradient(to left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), transparent)
linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(123,203,202,0),#2C56A5)

Dark mode

When the device is set to dark

Crimson

#D82F4E
Charcoal

#333333
White

#FFFFFF

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.

Open Sans

Aa 300 Aa 800

Open Sans

Served from vanilla.futurecdn.net · weights 300, 400, 600, 700, 800 · headings, body, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 200 Aa 800

Plus Jakarta Sans

Google Fonts · weights 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 · headings, buttons

Aa 400 Aa 700

Arial

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 700 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

flexisites

Served from vanilla.futurecdn.net · weights 400 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Body 100%

Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontie…

Paragraph 100%

Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontie…

Small 100%

Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontie…

Button .875em · 14 px / 3em uppercase · Open Sans

Get started

Link 100%

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

24pxline 30px · 29 rules
20pxline 28px · 42 rules
18pxline 24px · 50 rules
16pxline 22px · 151 rules
14pxline 22px · 139 rules
13pxline 1 · 129 rules
12pxline 16px · 79 rules
11pxline 1 · 28 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

body.flexi-page .widget-contentparsed .button.button--primary · #2C56A5

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #3669C9

Corner radius

50% · 38×
10px · 19×
4px · 17×
8px · 10×
2px · 9×
5px · 6×

Shadows

0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0),0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0),0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0),0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0),0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
0 0 0 2px #fde047,0 0 0 4px #000
0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

500

575

699

700

900

1000

1024

1574

On a scale of 0 to 1574 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1200 px

970 px

800 px

650 px

470 px

400 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 53 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does Space use?: Space’s website uses three typefaces: Open Sans (headings and body text), served from vanilla.futurecdn.net; Plus Jakarta Sans, google Fonts; flexisites, served from vanilla.futurecdn.net.
What are Space’s brand colours?: The main colours on space.com are Deep Royal Blue (#2C56A5), Light Royal Blue (#3669C9), Dark Slate Blue (#233D98), Steel Blue (#2F6E91), Deep Pink (#E40784) and Light Black (#111827).
What colour is Space’s text and background?: Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Space’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on space.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Space’s own brand or press page.
Is this Space’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from space.com’s public web pages on 2 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Space. 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

space-com-tokens.css

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/* space.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/space.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #333333;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-charcoal: #333333;
  --colour-near-black: #1B1B1B;
  --colour-light-grey: #CCCCCC;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #2C56A5;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #3669C9;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #233D98;
  --colour-steel-blue: #2F6E91;
  --colour-deep-pink: #E40784;
  --colour-light-black: #111827;
  --colour-deep-black: #090E21;
  --colour-medium-violet-red: #8C2B5E;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #AFC3E9;
  --colour-lime-green: #5AAF0B;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #1A98EE;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #263341;
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), transparent);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(123,203,202,0),#2C56A5);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Open Sans', 'Open Sans-fallback';
  --font-body: 'Open Sans', 'Open Sans-fallback';
  --font-buttons: 'Open Sans', 'Open Sans-fallback';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-body: 100%;
  --text-p: 100%;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --text-button: .875em;
  --leading-button: 3em;
  --text-a: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 10px;
  --radius-3: 4px;
  --radius-4: 8px;
  --radius-5: 2px;
  --radius-6: 5px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 500px;
  --breakpoint-2: 575px;
  --breakpoint-3: 699px;
  --breakpoint-4: 700px;
  --breakpoint-5: 900px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1000px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1574px;
  --max-width-1: 1200px;
  --max-width-2: 970px;
  --max-width-3: 800px;
  --max-width-4: 650px;
  --max-width-5: 470px;
  --max-width-6: 400px;
}

{
    "site": "space.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/space.com",
    "text": "#333333",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Charcoal",
            "hex": "#333333",
            "rgb": [
                51,
                51,
                51
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#1B1B1B",
            "rgb": [
                27,
                27,
                27
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Grey",
            "hex": "#CCCCCC",
            "rgb": [
                204,
                204,
                204
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#2C56A5",
            "rgb": [
                44,
                86,
                165
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#3669C9",
            "rgb": [
                54,
                105,
                201
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#233D98",
            "rgb": [
                35,
                61,
                152
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#2F6E91",
            "rgb": [
                47,
                110,
                145
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Pink",
            "hex": "#E40784",
            "rgb": [
                228,
                7,
                132
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Black",
            "hex": "#111827",
            "rgb": [
                17,
                24,
                39
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Black",
            "hex": "#090E21",
            "rgb": [
                9,
                14,
                33
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Violet Red",
            "hex": "#8C2B5E",
            "rgb": [
                140,
                43,
                94
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#AFC3E9",
            "rgb": [
                175,
                195,
                233
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Lime Green",
            "hex": "#5AAF0B",
            "rgb": [
                90,
                175,
                11
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#1A98EE",
            "rgb": [
                26,
                152,
                238
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#263341",
            "rgb": [
                38,
                51,
                65
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Open Sans",
            "stack": "\"Open Sans\", \"Open Sans-fallback\"",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                600,
                700,
                800
            ],
            "source": "Served from vanilla.futurecdn.net"
        },
        {
            "name": "Plus Jakarta Sans",
            "stack": "\"Plus Jakarta Sans\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                200,
                300,
                400,
                500,
                600,
                700,
                800
            ],
            "source": "Google Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "Arial",
            "stack": "Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "flexisites",
            "stack": "flexisites",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Served from vanilla.futurecdn.net"
        },
        {
            "name": "Helvetica",
            "stack": "\"Helvetica\"",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        }
    ]
}

Other websites using Open Sans as their main typeface

Savvy Savers

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Canva

canva.com · set in Open Sans
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chase.com · set in Open Sans
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Interia

interia.pl · set in Open Sans
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Websites whose lead colour is closest to Space’s

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Captured from space.com on 2 November 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Space; this guide describes the public website for reference.

Spacestyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Charcoal

Near Black

Light Grey

Colours

Deep Royal Blue

Light Royal Blue

Dark Slate Blue

Steel Blue

Deep Pink

Light Black

Deep Black

Medium Violet Red

Light Steel Blue

Lime Green

Dodger Blue

Midnight Blue

Gradients

Dark mode

Open Sans

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run space.com?

Also set in Open Sans

Savvy Savers

Canva

Chase.com

Interia

Similar colours

MyAnimeList.net

ndr.de

华声在线

Das Örtliche

Title &
description