What font does DER SPIEGEL use?

DER SPIEGEL’s website uses four typefaces: SpiegelSansUI (headings), self-hosted; SpiegelSerifUI, self-hosted; SpiegelSans (body text), self-hosted; SpiegelSlabCdUI, self-hosted.

What are DER SPIEGEL’s brand colours?

The main colours on spiegel.de are Slate Grey (#1A3A4A), Red (#D03D12), Orange Red (#E64415), Dark Red (#811D00), Fire Brick (#C12B00) and Deep Slate Grey (#112A29).

What colour is DER SPIEGEL’s text and background?

Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is DER SPIEGEL’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on spiegel.de’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check DER SPIEGEL’s own brand or press page.

Is this DER SPIEGEL’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from spiegel.de’s public web pages on 24 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with DER SPIEGEL. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from spiegel.de’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by DER SPIEGEL. The real site is spiegel.de ↗

Unofficial style guide

DER SPIEGELstyle guide

DER SPIEGEL’s website (spiegel.de) sets its headings in SpiegelSansUI and its body text in SpiegelSans. Its palette is led by Slate Grey (#1A3A4A), Red (#D03D12) and Orange Red (#E64415), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 24 October 2026.

Website: spiegel.de
Typefaces: SpiegelSansUI, SpiegelSerifUI, SpiegelSans
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 24 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the spiegel.de homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of spiegel.de on a 1440 px desktop screen, 24 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the spiegel.de 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: DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten; ● 32 / 60 characters
Meta description: Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.; ● 126 / 160 characters
og:title: DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten
og:description: Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.
Language: de
Theme colour: #E64415

In search results

DER SPIEGELhttps://www.spiegel.de/

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.

When shared

spiegel.de

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, …

Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG.

Logo

On white

On black

On Slate Grey

Favicons

8 found

152 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
144 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
120 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
114 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
76 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
72 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
64 px · ICO shortcut icon
57 px · PNG apple-touch-icon

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Light browser tab

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

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 (#000000) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Black 16.9%
White 16.4%
Light Off White 13.8%
Slate Grey 10%
Deep Off White 8.5%
Red 7.2%
Orange Red 5.9%
Dark Red 4.1%
Fire Brick 3.4%
Deep Slate Grey 2.8%
Lime Green 2%
Plum 1.8%
Royal Blue 1.8%
Light Slate Grey 1.8%
Dark Slate Blue 1.8%
Rebecca Purple 1.8%

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

Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
—

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Background, text, border · --color-border-separator-primary, body .RichText--highlight h1:before
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
21.00:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · .debug-buttons.svelte-lzyc1f button:where(.svelte-lzyc1f), --color-dm-border-separator-primary
Light Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 1 2 5

On text
18.31:1 AAA

On white
1.15:1 Fail

Text, background, border · --int-color-link-border-hovered, html.force-dark .button-spon
Deep Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 1 2 13

On text
15.21:1 AAA

On white
1.38:1 Fail

Background, border, text · .debug-buttons.svelte-lzyc1f button:where(.svelte-lzyc1f):hover, --color-border-separator-secondary

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
65 22 0 71

On text
1.75:1 Fail

On white
12.01:1 AAA

Background, text, border · --tw-gradient-from, .Table th:where(html.force-dark,html.force-dark *)
Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 71 91 18

On text
4.36:1 AA large

On white
4.82:1 AA

Background, text, border · html.force-dark .button-spon, html.force-dark .button-effi
Orange Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 70 91 10

On text
5.20:1 AA

On white
4.04:1 AA large

Background, text, theme · .button-spon, .button-effi
Dark Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 78 100 49

On text
2.11:1 Fail

On white
9.96:1 AAA

Background, text, border · --int-button-primary-active-bg, a.button-spon:focus
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 78 100 24

On text
3.61:1 AA large

On white
5.81:1 AA

Background, text, border · --int-font-color-link-hover, --int-button-primary-hover-bg
Deep Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
60 0 2 84

On text
1.39:1 Fail

On white
15.14:1 AAA

Background, text · --tw-gradient-from, .dark\:bg-\[--ml-effilee-color-dark\]:where(html.force-dark,html.force-dark *)
Lime Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
70 0 70 22

On text
9.52:1 AAA

On white
2.21:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .bg-dm-positive, .dark\:bg-dm-positive:where(html.force-dark,html.force-dark *)
Plum

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
27 40 0 0

On text
9.15:1 AAA

On white
2.29:1 Fail

Background, text · html.force-dark .button-hbm, .button-hbm
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
78 56 0 5

On text
4.52:1 AA

On white
4.65:1 AA

Background, text · html.force-dark .button-mmo, .button-mmo
Light Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
70 23 0 55

On text
2.75:1 Fail

On white
7.64:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .bg-sec2-dark, .text-sec2-dark
Dark Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
83 59 0 49

On text
1.89:1 Fail

On white
11.11:1 AAA

Background, text · a.button-mmo:hover, html.force-dark a.button-mmo:hover
Rebecca Purple

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
49 72 0 45

On text
1.96:1 Fail

On white
10.69:1 AAA

Background, text · a.button-hbm:hover, html.force-dark a.button-hbm:hover

Gradients

linear-gradient(to right,transparent 0,transparent calc(50% - 8px), 50%,transparent calc(50% + 8px),transparent 100%)
linear-gradient(0deg,#000 3.31%,#00000000 50%)
linear-gradient(to bottom,)

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.

SpiegelSansUI

Aa 400 Aa 700

SpiegelSansUI

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

Aa 400 Aa 700

SpiegelSerifUI

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

Aa 600

SpiegelSans

Self-hosted · weights 600 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 800

SpiegelSlabCdUI

Self-hosted · weights 800 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 2em · 32 px weight 700

DER SPIEGEL

Heading 2 1.5em · 24 px weight 700

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Heading 3 1.17em · 19 px weight 700

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Heading 4 — weight 400 · SpiegelSerifUI

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Heading 5 — weight 400 · SpiegelSerifUI

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Heading 6 — weight 400 · SpiegelSerifUI

DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

Paragraph .875rem · 14 px / 1.5

Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.

Small 80%

Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.

Button 100% none

Get started

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

36pxline 1.1 · 3 rules
32px2 rules
24px2 rules
20pxline normal · 5 rules
19px1 rules
16pxline 1.38 · 10 rules
14pxline 1.38 · 15 rules
12px2 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

.debug-buttons.svelte-lzyc1f button:where(.svelte-lzyc1f) · #F5F5F5 · radius 4px

Corner radius

1.5px · 11×
8px · 4×
24px · 3×
50% · 2×
4px · 2×
5px · 1×

Shadows

0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000
0 -1px 0 0 #000

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

719

720

1019

1020

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1020 px

920 px

720 px

520 px

480 px

304 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 32 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 DER SPIEGEL use?: DER SPIEGEL’s website uses four typefaces: SpiegelSansUI (headings), self-hosted; SpiegelSerifUI, self-hosted; SpiegelSans (body text), self-hosted; SpiegelSlabCdUI, self-hosted.
What are DER SPIEGEL’s brand colours?: The main colours on spiegel.de are Slate Grey (#1A3A4A), Red (#D03D12), Orange Red (#E64415), Dark Red (#811D00), Fire Brick (#C12B00) and Deep Slate Grey (#112A29).
What colour is DER SPIEGEL’s text and background?: Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is DER SPIEGEL’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on spiegel.de’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check DER SPIEGEL’s own brand or press page.
Is this DER SPIEGEL’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from spiegel.de’s public web pages on 24 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with DER SPIEGEL. 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

spiegel-de-tokens.css

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/* spiegel.de design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/spiegel.de) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-light-off-white: #F1EFED;
  --colour-deep-off-white: #DDDBD9;
  --colour-slate-grey: #1A3A4A;
  --colour-red: #D03D12;
  --colour-orange-red: #E64415;
  --colour-dark-red: #811D00;
  --colour-fire-brick: #C12B00;
  --colour-deep-slate-grey: #112A29;
  --colour-lime-green: #3CC83C;
  --colour-plum: #BA9AFF;
  --colour-royal-blue: #346BF1;
  --colour-light-slate-grey: #235973;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #163683;
  --colour-rebecca-purple: #48288D;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to right,transparent 0,transparent calc(50% - 8px), 50%,transparent calc(50% + 8px),transparent 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(0deg,#000 3.31%,#00000000 50%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to bottom,);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'SpiegelSansUI', system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';
  --font-buttons: 'SpiegelSansUI', system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';
  --font-body: 'SpiegelSans', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'SpiegelSlabCdUI', system-ui, -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-h2: 1.5em;
  --text-h3: 1.17em;
  --text-p: .875rem;
  --leading-p: 1.5;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 1.5px;
  --radius-2: 8px;
  --radius-3: 24px;
  --radius-4: 50%;
  --radius-5: 4px;
  --radius-6: 5px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 719px;
  --breakpoint-2: 720px;
  --breakpoint-3: 1019px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1020px;
  --max-width-1: 1020px;
  --max-width-2: 920px;
  --max-width-3: 720px;
  --max-width-4: 520px;
  --max-width-5: 480px;
  --max-width-6: 304px;
}

{
    "site": "spiegel.de",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/spiegel.de",
    "text": "#000000",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Off White",
            "hex": "#F1EFED",
            "rgb": [
                241,
                239,
                237
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Off White",
            "hex": "#DDDBD9",
            "rgb": [
                221,
                219,
                217
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#1A3A4A",
            "rgb": [
                26,
                58,
                74
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#D03D12",
            "rgb": [
                208,
                61,
                18
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Orange Red",
            "hex": "#E64415",
            "rgb": [
                230,
                68,
                21
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Red",
            "hex": "#811D00",
            "rgb": [
                129,
                29,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#C12B00",
            "rgb": [
                193,
                43,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#112A29",
            "rgb": [
                17,
                42,
                41
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Lime Green",
            "hex": "#3CC83C",
            "rgb": [
                60,
                200,
                60
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Plum",
            "hex": "#BA9AFF",
            "rgb": [
                186,
                154,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#346BF1",
            "rgb": [
                52,
                107,
                241
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#235973",
            "rgb": [
                35,
                89,
                115
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#163683",
            "rgb": [
                22,
                54,
                131
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Rebecca Purple",
            "hex": "#48288D",
            "rgb": [
                72,
                40,
                141
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "SpiegelSansUI",
            "stack": "SpiegelSansUI, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "SpiegelSerifUI",
            "stack": "SpiegelSerifUI, Constantia, Lucida Bright, Lucidabright, Lucida Serif, Lucida, DejaVu Serif, Bitstream Vera Serif, Liberation Serif, Georgia, serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "SpiegelSans",
            "stack": "SpiegelSans, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                600
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "SpiegelSlabCdUI",
            "stack": "SpiegelSlabCdUI, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Noto Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, Oxygen, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                800
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "SpiegelSerifDisplayUI",
            "stack": "SpiegelSerifDisplayUI, Constantia, Lucida Bright, Lucidabright, Lucida Serif, Lucida, DejaVu Serif, Bitstream Vera Serif, Liberation Serif, Georgia, serif",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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DER SPIEGELstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Black

White

Light Off White

Deep Off White

Colours

Slate Grey

Red

Orange Red

Dark Red

Fire Brick

Deep Slate Grey

Lime Green

Plum

Royal Blue

Light Slate Grey

Dark Slate Blue

Rebecca Purple

Gradients

SpiegelSansUI

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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