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The Hindu’s website (thehindu.com) sets its headings in Merriweather Sans and its body text in Merriweather. Its palette is led by Fire Brick (#B00020), Light Royal Blue (#0D6EFD) and Gold (#FFC107), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 22 October 2026.
- Website
- thehindu.com
- Typefaces
- Merriweather Sans, Merriweather, Playfair Display
- Palette
- 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
- Captured
- 22 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.thehindu.com/
Screenshot
thehindu.com
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 Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu
- ▲ 121 / 60 characters
- Meta description
- The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
- ● 127 / 160 characters
- Site name
- The Hindu
- og:title
- The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos.
- og:description
- The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
- Language
- en
In search results
The Hinduhttps://www.thehindu.com/
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaki…
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
When shared
thehindu.com
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and T…
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Vid…
Logo & favicons
Found as: schema.org logo. WEBP, 249 × 24.
Logo
On white
On black
On Fire Brick
Favicons
2 found-
57 px · PNG
apple-touch-icon
-
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu
Light browser tab
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu
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- White 32.2%
- Black 20.1%
- Fire Brick 11.1%
- Off White 5.8%
- Cool Near Black 5.8%
- Light Royal Blue 4.7%
- Gold 3.5%
- Sky Blue 3.5%
- Crimson 3%
- Light Sea Green 3%
- Pale Golden Rod 1.4%
- Papaya Whip 1.4%
- Alice Blue 1.4%
- Deep Royal Blue 1.2%
- Deep Sea Green 0.8%
- Brown 0.8%
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-
White
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 0
- On text
- 21.00:1 AAA
- On white
- —
Background, text, border · body, .header.menu-bg
-
Black
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 100
- On text
- —
- On white
- 21.00:1 AAA
Text, background, border · --bs-table-striped-color, --bs-table-active-color
-
Off White
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 0 0 9
- On text
- 17.30:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.21:1 Fail
Background, border, text · .grey-bg .five-line-title h1, .sub-dropbox .menu-list::-webkit-scrollbar-track
-
Cool Near Black
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 20 10 0 84
- On text
- 1.36:1 Fail
- On white
- 15.43:1 AAA
Text, background, border · .btn-dark, .btn-dark.disabled
Colours
Brand colours and accents, most used first-
Fire Brick
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 100 82 31
- On text
- 2.87:1 Fail
- On white
- 7.33:1 AAA
Text, background, border · .header .btns .btn-subscribe, .header .btns .btn-gift-subscription
-
Light Royal Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 95 57 0 1
- On text
- 4.67:1 AA
- On white
- 4.50:1 AA
Background, text, border · .btn-primary, .btn-primary.disabled
-
Gold
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 24 97 0
- On text
- 12.88:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.63:1 Fail
Background, border, text · .btn-warning, .btn-warning.disabled
-
Sky Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 95 16 0 6
- On text
- 10.72:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.96:1 Fail
Background, border, text · .btn-info, .btn-info.disabled
-
Crimson
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 76 69 14
- On text
- 4.64:1 AA
- On white
- 4.53:1 AA
Background, text, border · .btn-danger, .btn-danger.disabled
-
Light Sea Green
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 81 0 38 47
- On text
- 4.63:1 AA
- On white
- 4.53:1 AA
Background, text, border · .btn-success, .btn-success.disabled
-
Pale Golden Rod
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 7 31 0
- On text
- 18.00:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.17:1 Fail
Background, border · .yellow-bg .five-line-title h1, --yellow-bg
-
Papaya Whip
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 5 15 0
- On text
- 19.07:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.10:1 Fail
Background · .peach-bg .five-line-title h1, .orange-bg .five-line-title h1
-
Alice Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 13 6 0 1
- On text
- 17.38:1 AAA
- On white
- 1.21:1 Fail
Background · .blue-bg .five-line-title h1, --blue-bg
-
Deep Royal Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 95 56 0 21
- On text
- 3.26:1 AA large
- On white
- 6.44:1 AA
Background, text, border · .btn-primary:hover, .btn-check:focus+.btn-primary
-
Deep Sea Green
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 82 0 38 55
- On text
- 3.58:1 AA large
- On white
- 5.87:1 AA
Background, border, text · .btn-success:hover, .btn-check:focus+.btn-success
-
Brown
- HEX
- RGB
- HSL
- OKLCH
- CMYK
- 0 76 68 27
- On text
- 3.55:1 AA large
- On white
- 5.91:1 AA
Background, border, text · .btn-danger:hover, .btn-check:focus+.btn-danger
Gradients
-
linear-gradient(0deg,black 0,transparent 50%)
-
linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.141176),transparent)
-
linear-gradient(90deg,#940000,#000)
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.
Merriweather Sans
Aa
200
Aa
800
Merriweather Sans
Google Fonts · weights 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 · headings, buttons
Aa
300
Aa
700
Merriweather
Google Fonts · weights 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 · headings, body
Aa
400
Aa
900
Playfair Display
Google Fonts · weights 400, 700, 900 · headings, buttons
Aa
300
Aa
800
Faustina
Google Fonts · weights 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”
Type scale
From the site’s CSS
Heading 1
calc(1.375rem + 1.5vw) / 1.2
weight 500 · Merriweather
The Hindu
Heading 2
calc(1.325rem + .9vw) / 1.2
weight 500 · Merriweather
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the…
Heading 3
calc(1.3rem + .6vw) / 1.2
weight 500
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the…
Heading 4
calc(1.275rem + .3vw) / 1.2
weight 500
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the…
Heading 5
1.25rem · 20 px / 1.2
weight 500
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the…
Heading 6
1rem · 16 px / 1.2
weight 500
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the…
Body
1rem · 16 px / 1.2
weight 400 · Merriweather
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
Paragraph
13px / 18px
weight 700 · Merriweather Sans
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
Small
.875em · 14 px
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
Link
16px / 2
weight 900 · uppercase · Merriweather Sans
Read more about The Hindu
Sizes in use
Most common across the site- 20pxline 1 · 16 rules
- 18pxline normal · 11 rules
- 16pxline 1.5 · 25 rules
- 14pxline normal · 49 rules
- 13pxline normal · 3 rules
- 12pxline normal · 21 rules
- 10pxline normal · 9 rules
- 9px3 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
.header .btns .btn-subscribe · #B00020 · radius 3px
Link
Read our latest news today.
a · #0D6EFD
Corner radius
- .25rem · 22×
- 50% · 14×
- 50px · 8×
- .3rem · 6×
- .2rem · 5×
- 3px · 5×
Shadows
- 0 0 0 .25rem rgba(13,110,253,.25)
- 0 0 0 .25rem rgba(25,135,84,.25)
- 0 0 0 .25rem rgba(220,53,69,.25)
- 0 0 0 1px #fff,0 0 0 .25rem rgba(13,110,253,.25)
Layout
Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.
Grid
Breakpoints
570
571
576
768
992
1000
1200
1400
On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.
Content widths (max-width)
1300 px
1140 px
960 px
800 px
720 px
540 px
Notes
Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.
Notes
- ▲ CheckThe title is 121 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
Questions
Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.
Questions
- What font does The Hindu use?
- The Hindu’s website uses four typefaces: Merriweather Sans (headings), google Fonts; Merriweather (body text), google Fonts; Playfair Display, google Fonts; Faustina, google Fonts.
- What are The Hindu’s brand colours?
- The main colours on thehindu.com are Fire Brick (#B00020), Light Royal Blue (#0D6EFD), Gold (#FFC107), Sky Blue (#0DCAF0), Crimson (#DC3545) and Light Sea Green (#198754).
- What colour is The Hindu’s text and background?
- Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
- Where is The Hindu’s logo from?
- The logo shown in this guide was found on thehindu.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Hindu’s own brand or press page.
- Is this The Hindu’s official style guide?
- No. SiteStyleGuide made it from thehindu.com’s public web pages on 22 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Hindu. 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
thehindu-com-tokens.css
/* thehindu.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/thehindu.com) */
:root {
/* Colours */
--text: #000000;
--background: #FFFFFF;
--colour-white: #FFFFFF;
--colour-black: #000000;
--colour-off-white: #E9E9E9;
--colour-cool-near-black: #212529;
--colour-fire-brick: #B00020;
--colour-light-royal-blue: #0D6EFD;
--colour-gold: #FFC107;
--colour-sky-blue: #0DCAF0;
--colour-crimson: #DC3545;
--colour-light-sea-green: #198754;
--colour-pale-golden-rod: #FFEDB1;
--colour-papaya-whip: #FFF3D9;
--colour-alice-blue: #DAECFC;
--colour-deep-royal-blue: #0A58CA;
--colour-deep-sea-green: #157347;
--colour-brown: #BB2D3B;
--gradient-1: linear-gradient(0deg,black 0,transparent 50%);
--gradient-2: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.141176),transparent);
--gradient-3: linear-gradient(90deg,#940000,#000);
/* Typefaces */
--font-headings: 'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;
--font-buttons: 'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;
--font-body: 'Merriweather', serif;
--font-other: 'Faustina', serif;
/* Type scale */
--text-h1: calc(1.375rem + 1.5vw);
--leading-h1: 1.2;
--text-h2: calc(1.325rem + .9vw);
--leading-h2: 1.2;
--text-h3: calc(1.3rem + .6vw);
--leading-h3: 1.2;
--text-h4: calc(1.275rem + .3vw);
--leading-h4: 1.2;
--text-h5: 1.25rem;
--leading-h5: 1.2;
--text-h6: 1rem;
--leading-h6: 1.2;
--text-body: 1rem;
--leading-body: 1.2;
--text-p: 13px;
--leading-p: 18px;
--text-small: .875em;
--text-a: 16px;
--leading-a: 2;
/* Shape */
--radius-1: .25rem;
--radius-2: 50%;
--radius-3: 50px;
--radius-4: .3rem;
--radius-5: .2rem;
--radius-6: 3px;
/* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
--breakpoint-1: 570px;
--breakpoint-2: 571px;
--breakpoint-3: 576px;
--breakpoint-4: 768px;
--breakpoint-5: 992px;
--breakpoint-6: 1000px;
--breakpoint-7: 1200px;
--breakpoint-8: 1400px;
--max-width-1: 1300px;
--max-width-2: 1140px;
--max-width-3: 960px;
--max-width-4: 800px;
--max-width-5: 720px;
--max-width-6: 540px;
}
{
"site": "thehindu.com",
"source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/thehindu.com",
"text": "#000000",
"background": "#FFFFFF",
"colours": [
{
"name": "White",
"hex": "#FFFFFF",
"rgb": [
255,
255,
255
]
},
{
"name": "Black",
"hex": "#000000",
"rgb": [
0,
0,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Off White",
"hex": "#E9E9E9",
"rgb": [
233,
233,
233
]
},
{
"name": "Cool Near Black",
"hex": "#212529",
"rgb": [
33,
37,
41
]
},
{
"name": "Fire Brick",
"hex": "#B00020",
"rgb": [
176,
0,
32
]
},
{
"name": "Light Royal Blue",
"hex": "#0D6EFD",
"rgb": [
13,
110,
253
]
},
{
"name": "Gold",
"hex": "#FFC107",
"rgb": [
255,
193,
7
]
},
{
"name": "Sky Blue",
"hex": "#0DCAF0",
"rgb": [
13,
202,
240
]
},
{
"name": "Crimson",
"hex": "#DC3545",
"rgb": [
220,
53,
69
]
},
{
"name": "Light Sea Green",
"hex": "#198754",
"rgb": [
25,
135,
84
]
},
{
"name": "Pale Golden Rod",
"hex": "#FFEDB1",
"rgb": [
255,
237,
177
]
},
{
"name": "Papaya Whip",
"hex": "#FFF3D9",
"rgb": [
255,
243,
217
]
},
{
"name": "Alice Blue",
"hex": "#DAECFC",
"rgb": [
218,
236,
252
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Royal Blue",
"hex": "#0A58CA",
"rgb": [
10,
88,
202
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Sea Green",
"hex": "#157347",
"rgb": [
21,
115,
71
]
},
{
"name": "Brown",
"hex": "#BB2D3B",
"rgb": [
187,
45,
59
]
}
],
"fonts": [
{
"name": "Merriweather Sans",
"stack": "\"Merriweather Sans\", sans-serif",
"weights": [
200,
300,
400,
500,
600,
700,
800
],
"source": "Google Fonts"
},
{
"name": "Merriweather",
"stack": "\"Merriweather\", serif",
"weights": [
300,
400,
500,
600,
700
],
"source": "Google Fonts"
},
{
"name": "Playfair Display",
"stack": "\"Playfair Display\", serif",
"weights": [
400,
700,
900
],
"source": "Google Fonts"
},
{
"name": "Faustina",
"stack": "\"Faustina\", serif",
"weights": [
300,
400,
500,
600,
700,
800
],
"source": "Google Fonts"
}
]
}
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