SiteStyleGuide

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from tate.org.uk’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Tate. The real site is tate.org.uk ↗

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Unofficial style guide

Tatestyle guide

Tate’s website (tate.org.uk) uses Tate regular for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Steel Blue (#0072CE), Light Red (#D64103) and Royal Blue (#00569B), with #1A1A1A text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 26 October 2026.

Typefaces
Tate regular
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
26 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.tate.org.uk/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the tate.org.uk homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of tate.org.uk on a 1440 px desktop screen, 26 Oct 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
Tate
● 4 / 60 characters
Meta description
Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + RIBA North. Tate art museum houses the UK's collection of British art from 1500 and of international modern art
▲ 250 / 160 characters
Site name
Tate
og:title
Tate
og:description
Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + RIBA North. Tate art museum houses the UK's collection of British art from 1500 and of international modern art
Language
en-GB

In search results

Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/

Tate

Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + RIBA North. Tate art m…

When shared

The image Tate shares with links

tate.org.uk

Tate

Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate…

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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 (#1A1A1A) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 45%
  • Near Black 18.4%
  • Steel Blue 10.3%
  • Grey 8.4%
  • Off White 7.9%
  • Light Red 2%
  • Royal Blue 1.9%
  • Sea Green 1.4%
  • Green 1%
  • Corn Silk 0.7%
  • Pale Turquoise 0.6%
  • Deep Red 0.5%
  • Orange 0.5%
  • Sienna 0.5%
  • Yellow 0.4%
  • Fire Brick 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
    17.40:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text, background, border · body, .btn--type__dark

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 90
    On text
    —
    On white
    17.40:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .nav--handle__close, .card__type--promo.card__type--promo__kids .card__inner .btn

  • Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 54
    On text
    3.83:1 AA large
    On white
    4.54:1 AA

    Text, border, background · #nav a.active, .card--cluster .card__description

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 13
    On text
    12.81:1 AAA
    On white
    1.36:1 Fail

    Border, background, graphic · .article--content-template nav>ul.list--content li ul li header, #nav .site-menu__item--handheld a

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 45 0 19
    On text
    3.56:1 AA large
    On white
    4.89:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .btn.btn--selected, .btn--submit

  • Light Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 70 99 16
    On text
    3.83:1 AA large
    On white
    4.55:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .btn--type__primary, .patron-step__title--error:before

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 45 0 39
    On text
    2.32:1 Fail
    On white
    7.49:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .btn--submit:hover, #tate-basket .btn:active .btn__badge

  • Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    75 0 47 47
    On text
    3.88:1 AA large
    On white
    4.48:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .btn__rounded--display:before, .card-tags span.tag-status_extended

  • Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 0 100 50
    On text
    3.34:1 AA large
    On white
    5.20:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .patron-step__title:before, .patron-step--complete:before

  • Corn Silk

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 2 13 2
    On text
    15.96:1 AAA
    On white
    1.09:1 Fail

    Background · .subhub-gift-back, .subhub-gift-back .card--artwork .card-content

  • Pale Turquoise

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    42 4 0 9
    On text
    11.27:1 AAA
    On white
    1.54:1 Fail

    Background · .btn--type__members, .header-nav__item.header-nav__join a

  • Deep Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 100 11
    On text
    3.54:1 AA large
    On white
    4.92:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .notification-banner--color__red, .card--preview-content .card__inner:before

  • Orange

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 29 80 0
    On text
    9.87:1 AAA
    On white
    1.76:1 Fail

    Background, border · .card-tags span.tag-status_postponed, .banner__status-alert.status-alert--postponed:before

  • Sienna

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 70 99 36
    On text
    2.52:1 Fail
    On white
    6.92:1 AA

    Background · .notification-banner--type__warning .btn, .btn--type__primary:hover

  • Yellow

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 4 100 0
    On text
    15.18:1 AAA
    On white
    1.15:1 Fail

    Background, border · .card-tags span.tag-status_new-dates, .banner__status-alert.status-alert--new-dates:before

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 84 81 20
    On text
    3.13:1 AA large
    On white
    5.56:1 AA

    Background, text · .btn--social__pinterest, .subhub-submit-form .form-item__alert

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(90deg,hsla(0,0%,100%,0),hsla(0,0%,100%,.75) 20px)

  • linear-gradient(270deg,hsla(0,0%,100%,0),hsla(0,0%,100%,.75) 20px)

  • linear-gradient(0deg,rgba(0,0,0,.4),rgba(0,0,0,.4)),linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 50%,rgba(0,0,0,.5))

Dark mode

Switched on by the site
  • White

    #FFFFFF

  • Near Black

    #1A1A1A

  • Light Grey

    #AAAAAA

  • Charcoal

    #313131

  • Grey

    #767676

  • Pale Turquoise

    #85DEE7

  • Black

    #000000

  • Pale Turquoise

    #B0EAEF

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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.

Tate regular

Aa 300 Aa 700

Tate regular

Self-hosted · weights 300, 400, 700 · body, headings, buttons · 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 / 110% weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Heading 2 46px / 55px weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Heading 3 28px / 36px weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Heading 4 22px / 28px weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Heading 5 1.25rem · 20 px weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Heading 6 — weight 400 · none · Tate regular

Tate

Body 16px / 1.2em Tate regular

Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + …

Paragraph 16px / 24px weight 300

Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + …

Small 80%

Tate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + …

Button 17px / 27px none · Tate regular

Get started

Link 1rem · 16 px / 1.6em weight 400 · uppercase

Read more about Tate

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 32pxline 1.25 · 14 rules
  • 28pxline 32px · 9 rules
  • 24pxline 1.5rem · 21 rules
  • 20pxline 1.2em · 10 rules
  • 16pxline 1.6em · 39 rules
  • 14pxline 21px · 49 rules
  • 13pxline 1.4 · 11 rules
  • 12pxline 1.2em · 6 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

Button

Get started

.btn--type__members · #85DEE7

Corner radius

  • 1rem · 10×
  • 50% · 7×
  • 100% · 6×
  • 8px · 5×
  • 32px · 5×
  • 20px · 5×

Shadows

  • 0 3px 6px hsla(0,0%,39.2%,.08)
  • 0 0 1px 1px #ddd
  • 0 0 32px 48px #fff
  • -100vw 0 0 0 transparent

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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

321
480
760
768
841
1024
1200
1280

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1200 px
760 px
720 px
672 px
480 px
300 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 4 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe description is 250 characters. Search results usually show about 160.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does Tate use?
Tate’s website uses one typeface: Tate regular (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are Tate’s brand colours?
The main colours on tate.org.uk are Steel Blue (#0072CE), Light Red (#D64103), Royal Blue (#00569B), Sea Green (#228848), Green (#007F00) and Corn Silk (#FAF6DA).
What colour is Tate’s text and background?
Body text is #1A1A1A on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Tate’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on tate.org.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Tate’s own brand or press page.
Is this Tate’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from tate.org.uk’s public web pages on 26 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Tate. 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

tate-org-uk-tokens.css

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/* tate.org.uk design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/tate.org.uk) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1A1A1A;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #1A1A1A;
  --colour-grey: #767676;
  --colour-off-white: #DDDDDD;
  --colour-steel-blue: #0072CE;
  --colour-light-red: #D64103;
  --colour-royal-blue: #00569B;
  --colour-sea-green: #228848;
  --colour-green: #007F00;
  --colour-corn-silk: #FAF6DA;
  --colour-pale-turquoise: #85DEE7;
  --colour-deep-red: #E30000;
  --colour-orange: #FFB534;
  --colour-sienna: #A43202;
  --colour-yellow: #FFF500;
  --colour-fire-brick: #CB2027;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,hsla(0,0%,100%,0),hsla(0,0%,100%,.75) 20px);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(270deg,hsla(0,0%,100%,0),hsla(0,0%,100%,.75) 20px);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(0deg,rgba(0,0,0,.4),rgba(0,0,0,.4)),linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 50%,rgba(0,0,0,.5));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Tate regular', 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-headings: 'Tate regular', 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Tate regular', 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --leading-h1: 110%;
  --text-h2: 46px;
  --leading-h2: 55px;
  --text-h3: 28px;
  --leading-h3: 36px;
  --text-h4: 22px;
  --leading-h4: 28px;
  --text-h5: 1.25rem;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --leading-body: 1.2em;
  --text-p: 16px;
  --leading-p: 24px;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 17px;
  --leading-button: 27px;
  --text-a: 1rem;
  --leading-a: 1.6em;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 1rem;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: 100%;
  --radius-4: 8px;
  --radius-5: 32px;
  --radius-6: 20px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 321px;
  --breakpoint-2: 480px;
  --breakpoint-3: 760px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 841px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1280px;
  --max-width-1: 1200px;
  --max-width-2: 760px;
  --max-width-3: 720px;
  --max-width-4: 672px;
  --max-width-5: 480px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

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