What font does The Daily Beast use?

The Daily Beast’s website uses four typefaces: aktiv-grotesk-condensed (headings), adobe Fonts; kensington, adobe Fonts; Apple Color Emoji (body text), a system font; SFMono-Regular, probably Adobe Fonts.

What are The Daily Beast’s brand colours?

The main colours on thedailybeast.com are Red (#EA0606), Midnight Blue (#322C70), Deep Pink (#FF329C), Cool Near Black (#02141F), White (#FFFFFF) and Black (#000000).

What colour is The Daily Beast’s text and background?

Body text is #02141F on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is The Daily Beast’s logo from?

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

Is this The Daily Beast’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from thedailybeast.com’s public web pages on 22 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Daily Beast. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

The Daily Beast Style Guide: Colours, Fonts & Logo

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title: The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News; ▲ 67 / 60 characters
Meta description: A smart, speedy take on breaking news and opinion in politics, media, entertainment, and more.; ● 94 / 160 characters
Site name: The Daily Beast
og:title: The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News
og:description: A smart, speedy take on breaking news and opinion in politics, media, entertainment, and more.
Language: en

In search results

The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/

The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainmen…

A smart, speedy take on breaking news and opinion in politics, media, entertainment, and more.

When shared

The image The Daily Beast shares with links

thedailybeast.com

The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News

A smart, speedy take on breaking news and opinion in politics, media, entertainment, and more.

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Logo & favicons

Found as: schema.org logo. JPG, 1200 × 630.

Logo

On white

On black

On Red

Favicons

6 found

512 px · PNG manifest
192 px · PNG manifest
180 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
96 px · SVG icon
96 px · PNG icon
48 px · ICO icon

The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News

Light browser tab

The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News

Dark browser tab

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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 (#02141F) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Cool Near Black 47.4%
White 24.4%
Red 20.8%
Black 4.7%
Midnight Blue 1.5%
Warm Off White 0.6%
Deep Pink 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

Cool Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
94 35 0 88

On text
—

On white
18.71:1 AAA

Text, background, border · inline style on <div>, .text-\[color\:var$--color-text-title-dark$\]
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
18.71:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · inline style on <div>, .bg-\[linear-gradient$to_bottom\,rgba\(255\,255\,255\,0$_0\%\,rgba\(255\,255\,
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.12:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .bg-black, .bg-black\/50
Warm Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 6 6 0

On text
16.90:1 AAA

On white
1.11:1 Fail

Background · .bg-\[rgb$255_240_240$\]

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 97 97 8

On text
4.03:1 AA large

On white
4.64:1 AA

Text, background, border · .aria-selected\:\[\&_h3\]\:text-\[var$--components-content-card-color-title-hov, .\[\&_a\:hover\]\:text-\[var\(--components-content-card-color-title-hover$\] a:
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
55 61 0 56

On text
1.54:1 Fail

On white
12.14:1 AAA

Background · .group-\[\.obsessed\]\:bg-\[var$--color-obsessed-core-purple$\]:is(:where(.gro, .group-\[\.obsessed\]\:data-\[state\=active\]\:bg-\[var\(--color-obsessed-core-p
Deep Pink

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 80 39 0

On text
5.51:1 AA

On white
3.39:1 AA large

Background · --color-obsessed-core-pink, .group-\[\.obsessed\]\:hover\:bg-\[var$--color-obsessed-core-pink$\]:is(:where

Gradients

linear-gradient(initial)
linear-gradient(#fff0 0%,#fff6 25%,#fffc 50%,#fffffff7 75%,#fff 100%)
linear-gradient(270deg,#fff0 0%,#fff 100%)

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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.

aktiv-grotesk-condensed

Aa 400 Aa 700

aktiv-grotesk-condensed

Adobe Fonts · weights 400, 500, 600, 700 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 700 Aa 900

kensington

Adobe Fonts · weights 700, 900 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Apple Color Emoji

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

Aa 400

SFMono-Regular

Probably Adobe Fonts · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Small 80%

A smart, speedy take on breaking news and opinion in politics, media, entertainment, and more.

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

24px1 rules
20pxline initial · 2 rules
18pxline initial · 2 rules
16pxline initial · 3 rules
15px1 rules
14pxline initial · 3 rules
12pxline initial · 2 rules
10px1 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

.25rem · 3×
8px · 2×
.375rem · 2×
9999px · 1×
4px · 1×
6px · 1×

Shadows

0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000

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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

Content widths (max-width)

1280 px

700 px

640 px

600 px

350 px

300 px

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Notes

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

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 67 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does The Daily Beast use?: The Daily Beast’s website uses four typefaces: aktiv-grotesk-condensed (headings), adobe Fonts; kensington, adobe Fonts; Apple Color Emoji (body text), a system font; SFMono-Regular, probably Adobe Fonts.
What are The Daily Beast’s brand colours?: The main colours on thedailybeast.com are Red (#EA0606), Midnight Blue (#322C70), Deep Pink (#FF329C), Cool Near Black (#02141F), White (#FFFFFF) and Black (#000000).
What colour is The Daily Beast’s text and background?: Body text is #02141F on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is The Daily Beast’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on thedailybeast.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Daily Beast’s own brand or press page.
Is this The Daily Beast’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from thedailybeast.com’s public web pages on 22 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Daily Beast. 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

thedailybeast-com-tokens.css

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/* thedailybeast.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/thedailybeast.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #02141F;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-cool-near-black: #02141F;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-warm-off-white: #FFF0F0;
  --colour-red: #EA0606;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #322C70;
  --colour-deep-pink: #FF329C;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(initial);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(#fff0 0%,#fff6 25%,#fffc 50%,#fffffff7 75%,#fff 100%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(270deg,#fff0 0%,#fff 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'aktiv-grotesk-condensed';
  --font-body: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
  --font-other: ui-monospace, 'SFMono-Regular', 'Menlo', 'Monaco', 'Consolas', 'Liberation Mono';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-small: 80%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: .25rem;
  --radius-2: 8px;
  --radius-3: .375rem;
  --radius-4: 9999px;
  --radius-5: 4px;
  --radius-6: 6px;
}

{
    "site": "thedailybeast.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/thedailybeast.com",
    "text": "#02141F",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Cool Near Black",
            "hex": "#02141F",
            "rgb": [
                2,
                20,
                31
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Warm Off White",
            "hex": "#FFF0F0",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                240,
                240
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#EA0606",
            "rgb": [
                234,
                6,
                6
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#322C70",
            "rgb": [
                50,
                44,
                112
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Pink",
            "hex": "#FF329C",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                50,
                156
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "aktiv-grotesk-condensed",
            "stack": "aktiv-grotesk-condensed",
            "weights": [
                400,
                500,
                600,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Adobe Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "kensington",
            "stack": "kensington",
            "weights": [
                700,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Adobe Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "Apple Color Emoji",
            "stack": "ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, \"Apple Color Emoji\", \"Segoe UI Emoji\", \"Segoe UI Symbol\", \"Noto Color Emoji\"",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "SFMono-Regular",
            "stack": "ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Liberation Mono\", \"Courier New\", monospace",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "Probably Adobe Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "Source Serif Pro",
            "stack": "Source Serif Pro",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Helvetica",
            "stack": "Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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The Daily Beaststyle guide

Title &
description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Cool Near Black

White

Black

Warm Off White

Colours

Red

Midnight Blue

Deep Pink

Gradients

aktiv-grotesk-condensed

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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The Daily Beaststyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Cool Near Black

White

Black

Warm Off White

Colours

Red

Midnight Blue

Deep Pink

Gradients

aktiv-grotesk-condensed

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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