What font does Transport for London use?

Transport for London’s website uses four typefaces: arial (headings), a system font; Johnston100-Light (body text), self-hosted; Johnston100-Regular, self-hosted; NJ Signing, self-hosted.

What are Transport for London’s brand colours?

The main colours on tfl.gov.uk are Deep Steel Blue (#2070B0), Royal Blue (#1A5A92), Corn Silk (#FAF5E1), Dark Slate Blue (#164B79), Light Steel Blue (#3F75A4) and Medium Blue (#0019A8).

What colour is Transport for London’s text and background?

Body text is #2D3039 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Transport for London’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on tfl.gov.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Transport for London’s own brand or press page.

Is this Transport for London’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from tfl.gov.uk’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Transport for London. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from tfl.gov.uk’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London. The real site is tfl.gov.uk ↗

Unofficial style guide

Transport for Londonstyle guide

Transport for London’s website (tfl.gov.uk) sets its headings in arial and its body text in Johnston100-Light. Its palette is led by Deep Steel Blue (#2070B0), Royal Blue (#1A5A92) and Corn Silk (#FAF5E1), with #2D3039 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 27 October 2026.

Website: tfl.gov.uk
Typefaces: arial, Johnston100-Light, Johnston100-Regular
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 27 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the tfl.gov.uk 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: Keeping London moving - Transport for London; ● 44 / 60 characters
Meta description: Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and travel updates.; ● 151 / 160 characters
Site name: Transport for London
og:title: Keeping London moving
og:description: Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and travel updates.
Language: en-GB

In search results

Transport for Londonhttps://tfl.gov.uk/

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and travel updates.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

tfl.gov.uk

Keeping London moving

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets s…

Logo & favicons

Found as: CSS background on .logo. PNG, 192 × 7552.

Logo

On white

On black

On Deep Steel Blue

Favicons

6 found

512 px · PNG icon
192 px · PNG icon
180 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
48 px · ICO shortcut icon
32 px · PNG icon
16 px · PNG icon

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Light browser tab

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

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 (#2D3039) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 29%
Off White 20.3%
Light Grey 18%
Cool Charcoal 9.3%
Deep Steel Blue 4.3%
Royal Blue 4%
Corn Silk 3.1%
Dark Slate Blue 3.1%
Light Steel Blue 1.4%
Medium Blue 1.4%
Gold 1.1%
Green 1.1%
Medium Violet Red 1.1%
Red 0.9%
Dark Orange 0.9%
Black 0.9%

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
13.18:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · .btn-download-map, .alertify .ajs-footer .ajs-primary.ajs-buttons .ajs-button:nth-of-type(2)
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 7

On text
11.36:1 AAA

On white
1.16:1 Fail

Background, graphic, border · .btn-download-map[disabled="disabled"], .alertify .ajs-footer .ajs-primary.ajs-buttons .ajs-button:first-of-type[disable
Light Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 20

On text
8.21:1 AAA

On white
1.61:1 Fail

Border, background, text · .fc-calendar-wrapper .current-month .disabled.calendar-previous-month, .ui-datepicker .disabled.ui-datepicker-prev
Cool Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
21 16 0 78

On text
—

On white
13.18:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .widget-tab .widget-heading, #footer

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Deep Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
82 36 0 31

On text
2.51:1 Fail

On white
5.24:1 AA

Text, border, background · .accordion .expandable-box.nested-accordion .accordion-heading, .accordion.nested-accordion .accordion-heading
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
82 38 0 43

On text
1.83:1 Fail

On white
7.19:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .alertify .ajs-footer .ajs-primary.ajs-buttons .ajs-button:first-of-type, .fc-calendar-wrapper .current-month .calendar-previous-month
Corn Silk

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 2 10 2

On text
12.06:1 AAA

On white
1.09:1 Fail

Background, border · .widget-wrapper.info-widget .widget-heading, .accordion .expandable-box.nested-accordion.status-alert .accordion-heading
Dark Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
82 38 0 53

On text
1.45:1 Fail

On white
9.06:1 AAA

Background, border · .alertify .ajs-footer .ajs-primary.ajs-buttons .ajs-button:first-of-type, .fc-calendar-wrapper .current-month .calendar-previous-month
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
62 29 0 36

On text
2.69:1 Fail

On white
4.89:1 AA

Background · .alertify .ajs-footer .ajs-primary.ajs-buttons .ajs-button:first-of-type, .journey-planner-results .journey-results .expandable-box .controls
Medium Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 85 0 34

On text
1.07:1 Fail

On white
12.32:1 AAA

Background, border, graphic · span.district_piccadilly, span.metropolitan_piccadilly
Gold

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 22 96 0

On text
8.48:1 AAA

On white
1.55:1 Fail

Background, border · span.circle_district, span.circle_hammersmith
Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 0 60 51

On text
2.50:1 Fail

On white
5.28:1 AA

Background, border · span.circle_district, span.district_overground
Medium Violet Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 100 43 39

On text
1.59:1 Fail

On white
8.29:1 AAA

Background, border · span.circle_hammersmith_metropolitan, span.circle_metropolitan
Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 84 86 14

On text
2.71:1 Fail

On white
4.87:1 AA

Background, border · span.cable-car, span.central
Dark Orange

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 51 98 2

On text
4.96:1 AA

On white
2.66:1 Fail

Background, border · span.bakerloo_overground, span.district_overground
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
89 75 0 89

On text
1.52:1 Fail

On white
19.98:1 AAA

Text, border, graphic · .card-view-container .group-heading, .news-teaser h2 a

Gradients

linear-gradient(bottom, #e1e1e1 0% , #cecece 2px , #e1e1e1 2px , #ebebeb 100%)
linear-gradient(bottom, #164b79 0% , #164b79 2px , #1a5a92 2px , #3f75a4 100%)
linear-gradient(bottom, #C3C3C3 0% , #C3C3C3 2px , #D9D9D9 2px , #E6E6E6 100%)

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 100 Aa 700

arial

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 100, 400, 700 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Johnston100-Light

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

Aa 400

Johnston100-Regular

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

Aa 400

NJ Signing

Self-hosted · weights 400 · 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 47px / 55px Johnston100-Regular

Transport for London

Heading 2 24px / 25px Johnston100-Regular

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Heading 3 18px / 1 Johnston100-Regular

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Heading 4 100% / 153.333% weight 700

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Heading 5 100% / 153.333% weight 700

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Heading 6 100% / 153.333% weight 700

Keeping London moving - Transport for London

Body 100% / 1

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and tra…

Paragraph 100% / 153.333%

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and tra…

Small 100% / 153.333%

Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and tra…

Button 16px Johnston100-Light

Get started

Link 100% / 153.333%

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

30pxline 45px · 10 rules
24pxline 120% · 23 rules
20pxline 100% · 40 rules
18pxline 26px · 31 rules
16pxline 1 · 85 rules
15pxline 1 · 39 rules
14pxline 100% · 30 rules
12pxline 1 · 20 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-download-map · #F3F3F3 · radius 5px

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #2070B0

Corner radius

5px · 19×
50% · 9×
none · 5×
15px · 4×
14px · 2×
22px · 2×

Shadows

rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0 3px 0
10px 0 0 #2d3039, -10px 0 0 #2d3039
rgba(32, 112, 176, 0.8) 0 3px 0
0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

500

568

579

580

667

900

1020

1140

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1140 px

600 px

500 px

335 px

320 px

300 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 44 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThe favicon is dark on a see-through background, so it nearly disappears on dark browser tabs.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does Transport for London use?: Transport for London’s website uses four typefaces: arial (headings), a system font; Johnston100-Light (body text), self-hosted; Johnston100-Regular, self-hosted; NJ Signing, self-hosted.
What are Transport for London’s brand colours?: The main colours on tfl.gov.uk are Deep Steel Blue (#2070B0), Royal Blue (#1A5A92), Corn Silk (#FAF5E1), Dark Slate Blue (#164B79), Light Steel Blue (#3F75A4) and Medium Blue (#0019A8).
What colour is Transport for London’s text and background?: Body text is #2D3039 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Transport for London’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on tfl.gov.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Transport for London’s own brand or press page.
Is this Transport for London’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from tfl.gov.uk’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Transport for London. 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

tfl-gov-uk-tokens.css

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/* tfl.gov.uk design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/tfl.gov.uk) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #2D3039;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-off-white: #EEEEEE;
  --colour-light-grey: #CCCCCC;
  --colour-cool-charcoal: #2D3039;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #2070B0;
  --colour-royal-blue: #1A5A92;
  --colour-corn-silk: #FAF5E1;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #164B79;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #3F75A4;
  --colour-medium-blue: #0019A8;
  --colour-gold: #FFC80A;
  --colour-green: #007D32;
  --colour-medium-violet-red: #9B0058;
  --colour-red: #DC241F;
  --colour-dark-orange: #FA7B05;
  --colour-black: #03071C;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(bottom, #e1e1e1 0% , #cecece 2px , #e1e1e1 2px , #ebebeb 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(bottom, #164b79 0% , #164b79 2px , #1a5a92 2px , #3f75a4 100%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(bottom, #C3C3C3 0% , #C3C3C3 2px , #D9D9D9 2px , #E6E6E6 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'arial';
  --font-buttons: 'arial';
  --font-body: 'Johnston100-Light', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 47px;
  --leading-h1: 55px;
  --text-h2: 24px;
  --leading-h2: 25px;
  --text-h3: 18px;
  --leading-h3: 1;
  --text-h4: 100%;
  --leading-h4: 153.333%;
  --text-h5: 100%;
  --leading-h5: 153.333%;
  --text-h6: 100%;
  --leading-h6: 153.333%;
  --text-body: 100%;
  --leading-body: 1;
  --text-p: 100%;
  --leading-p: 153.333%;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --leading-small: 153.333%;
  --text-button: 16px;
  --text-a: 100%;
  --leading-a: 153.333%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 5px;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: none;
  --radius-4: 15px;
  --radius-5: 14px;
  --radius-6: 22px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 500px;
  --breakpoint-2: 568px;
  --breakpoint-3: 579px;
  --breakpoint-4: 580px;
  --breakpoint-5: 667px;
  --breakpoint-6: 900px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1020px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1140px;
  --max-width-1: 1140px;
  --max-width-2: 600px;
  --max-width-3: 500px;
  --max-width-4: 335px;
  --max-width-5: 320px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

{
    "site": "tfl.gov.uk",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/tfl.gov.uk",
    "text": "#2D3039",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#EEEEEE",
            "rgb": [
                238,
                238,
                238
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Grey",
            "hex": "#CCCCCC",
            "rgb": [
                204,
                204,
                204
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Charcoal",
            "hex": "#2D3039",
            "rgb": [
                45,
                48,
                57
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#2070B0",
            "rgb": [
                32,
                112,
                176
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#1A5A92",
            "rgb": [
                26,
                90,
                146
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Corn Silk",
            "hex": "#FAF5E1",
            "rgb": [
                250,
                245,
                225
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#164B79",
            "rgb": [
                22,
                75,
                121
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#3F75A4",
            "rgb": [
                63,
                117,
                164
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Blue",
            "hex": "#0019A8",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                25,
                168
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Gold",
            "hex": "#FFC80A",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                200,
                10
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Green",
            "hex": "#007D32",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                125,
                50
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Violet Red",
            "hex": "#9B0058",
            "rgb": [
                155,
                0,
                88
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#DC241F",
            "rgb": [
                220,
                36,
                31
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Orange",
            "hex": "#FA7B05",
            "rgb": [
                250,
                123,
                5
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#03071C",
            "rgb": [
                3,
                7,
                28
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
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            "name": "arial",
            "stack": "arial",
            "weights": [
                100,
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Johnston100-Light",
            "stack": "Johnston100-Light, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Johnston100-Regular",
            "stack": "Johnston100-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "NJ Signing",
            "stack": "\"NJ Signing\"",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Johnston100-Medium",
            "stack": "Johnston100-Medium, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "New Johnson Bold",
            "stack": "\"New Johnson Bold\"",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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Transport for Londonstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Off White

Light Grey

Cool Charcoal

Colours

Deep Steel Blue

Royal Blue

Corn Silk

Dark Slate Blue

Light Steel Blue

Medium Blue

Gold

Green

Medium Violet Red

Red

Dark Orange

Black

Gradients

arial

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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