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The Ordinarystyle guide

The Ordinary’s website (theordinary.com) uses Raleway for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Indian Red (#E83F42), Forest Green (#1D8734) and Gold (#FFC107), with #212529 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 27 October 2026.

Typefaces
Raleway, Geologica, AppleGothic
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
27 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://theordinary.com/en-au Screenshot
Screenshot of the theordinary.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of theordinary.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 27 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
The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integrity
● 51 / 60 characters
Meta description
The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.
● 127 / 160 characters
og:title
The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integrity
og:description
The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.
Language
en

In search results

The Ordinaryhttps://theordinary.com/en-au

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integrity

The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.

When shared

The image The Ordinary shares with links

theordinary.com

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integrity

The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulatio…

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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 (#212529) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Black 40.7%
  • White 31.4%
  • Charcoal 11.1%
  • Grey 6.8%
  • Indian Red 2.4%
  • Forest Green 1.6%
  • Gold 1.1%
  • Cadet Blue 1.1%
  • Fire Brick 0.8%
  • Medium Violet Red 0.7%
  • Black 0.6%
  • Royal Blue 0.6%
  • Crimson 0.2%
  • Dark Green 0.2%
  • Teal 0.2%
  • Golden Rod 0.2%

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
    1.36:1 Fail
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · #createAccountModalIncentive .modal-content .modal-body #create-account-form-con, [data-brand=theordinary] .main-menu.menu-toggleable-left .nav-item .dropdown-ite

  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    15.43:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · .teaser-popup-container.teaser-2023 .teaser-popup-body .global-popup-body .slowv, .niod-popup-container .niod-popup-container-content .global-popup-body .niod-pop

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 80
    On text
    1.22:1 Fail
    On white
    12.63:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .teaser-popup-container.teaser-2023 .teaser-popup-body .teaser-coming-soon .btn-, .recommendations-block .title

  • Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 54
    On text
    3.35:1 AA large
    On white
    4.61:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .sign-in-modal__form .btn-primary.js-signin-modal-submit:disabled, [data-brand=theordinary] .btn.disabled

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Indian Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 73 72 9
    On text
    3.84:1 AA large
    On white
    4.02:1 AA large

    Text, border, background · .btn-danger, .btn-danger.disabled

  • Forest Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    79 0 61 47
    On text
    3.36:1 AA large
    On white
    4.60:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .btn-success, .btn-success.disabled

  • Gold

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 24 97 0
    On text
    9.46:1 AAA
    On white
    1.63:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .btn-warning, .btn-warning.disabled

  • Cadet Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    88 12 0 28
    On text
    5.07:1 AA
    On white
    3.04:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .btn-info, .btn-info.disabled

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 79 83 30
    On text
    2.36:1 Fail
    On white
    6.54:1 AA

    Text, border · .cart-recommendations .product .mini-tile .inner .product-prices .price .sales-p, .sign-in-modal .sign-in-modal-error

  • Medium Violet Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 98 30 14
    On text
    3.33:1 AA large
    On white
    4.63:1 AA

    Text, background, graphic · .japan-selector .edit-link, .promo-trigger:hover .promo-trigger-title

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 47 9 87
    On text
    1.16:1 Fail
    On white
    17.88:1 AAA

    Text · .cart_empty_wrap-title, .btn-link

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    90 51 0 5
    On text
    3.64:1 AA large
    On white
    4.23:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .login-oauth .oauth-facebook.btn:hover, .sign-in-modal .login-oauth .oauth-facebook

  • Crimson

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 88 86 15
    On text
    3.05:1 AA large
    On white
    5.06:1 AA

    Background, border · .btn-danger.focus, .btn-danger:not(:disabled):not(.disabled).active

  • Dark Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    78 0 61 64
    On text
    1.93:1 Fail
    On white
    8.01:1 AAA

    Background, border · a.bg-success:focus, .btn-success:not(:disabled):not(.disabled).active

  • Teal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    88 12 0 45
    On text
    3.07:1 AA large
    On white
    5.02:1 AA

    Background, border · a.bg-info:focus, .btn-info:not(:disabled):not(.disabled).active

  • Golden Rod

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 25 100 17
    On text
    6.36:1 AA
    On white
    2.42:1 Fail

    Background, border · a.bg-warning:focus, .btn-warning:not(:disabled):not(.disabled).active

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(#e1ded9,#e1ded9)

  • linear-gradient(270deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5),transparent)

  • linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5),transparent)

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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.

Raleway

Aa 100 Aa 800

Raleway

Self-hosted · weights 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 · headings, buttons, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 100 Aa 900

Geologica

Self-hosted · weights 100, 150, 300, 350, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 100 Aa 700

AppleGothic

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 100, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 · headings, body, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 2.5rem · 40 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary

Heading 2 2rem · 32 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integ…

Heading 3 1.75rem · 28 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integ…

Heading 4 1.5rem · 24 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integ…

Heading 5 1.25rem · 20 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integ…

Heading 6 1rem · 16 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Raleway

The Ordinary | Clinical Formulations with Integ…

Body 1rem · 16 px / 1.5 weight 400 · Raleway

The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.

Paragraph 1rem · 16 px / 1.485rem weight 400 · none · Geologica

The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.

Small .875em · 14 px weight 400

The Ordinary is your destination for Skincare, Makeup, Hair, and Body solutions. Discover clinical formulations with integrity.

Button .9375rem · 15 px / 150% weight 500 · none · Raleway

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Link 16px / 150% weight 600 · none · Geologica

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 28pxline 120% · 29 rules
  • 22pxline 120% · 47 rules
  • 20pxline 120% · 40 rules
  • 18pxline 22px · 65 rules
  • 16pxline 1.5 · 151 rules
  • 14pxline 150% · 193 rules
  • 13pxline 19.5px · 41 rules
  • 12pxline 150% · 165 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

.sign-in-modal__form .btn-primary.js-signin-modal-submit · #333333 · radius 32px

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #22121F

Corner radius

  • 50% · 33×
  • .1875rem · 20×
  • 110px · 7×
  • 1rem · 6×
  • 50px · 4×
  • 360px · 4×

Shadows

  • 0 0 0 0 rgba(29,135,52,.25)
  • 0 0 0 0 rgba(232,63,66,.25)
  • 0 4px 28px rgba(0,0,0,.12)
  • 0 0 0 1px #fff,none

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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

375
544
768
1024
1280
1366
1440
1920

On a scale of 0 to 1920 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1920 px
1550 px
1280 px
480 px
400 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 51 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does The Ordinary use?
The Ordinary’s website uses two typefaces: Raleway (headings and body text), self-hosted; Geologica, self-hosted.
What are The Ordinary’s brand colours?
The main colours on theordinary.com are Indian Red (#E83F42), Forest Green (#1D8734), Gold (#FFC107), Cadet Blue (#17A2B8), Fire Brick (#B3261E) and Medium Violet Red (#DC049B).
What colour is The Ordinary’s text and background?
Body text is #212529 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is The Ordinary’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on theordinary.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Ordinary’s own brand or press page.
Is this The Ordinary’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from theordinary.com’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Ordinary. 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

theordinary-com-tokens.css

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/* theordinary.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/theordinary.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #212529;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-charcoal: #333333;
  --colour-grey: #757575;
  --colour-indian-red: #E83F42;
  --colour-forest-green: #1D8734;
  --colour-gold: #FFC107;
  --colour-cadet-blue: #17A2B8;
  --colour-fire-brick: #B3261E;
  --colour-medium-violet-red: #DC049B;
  --colour-black-2: #22121F;
  --colour-royal-blue: #1877F2;
  --colour-crimson: #DA1A1E;
  --colour-dark-green: #145D24;
  --colour-teal: #117A8B;
  --colour-golden-rod: #D39E00;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(#e1ded9,#e1ded9);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(270deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5),transparent);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5),transparent);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Raleway';
  --font-buttons: 'Raleway';
  --font-body: 'Raleway';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2.5rem;
  --leading-h1: 1.2;
  --text-h2: 2rem;
  --leading-h2: 1.2;
  --text-h3: 1.75rem;
  --leading-h3: 1.2;
  --text-h4: 1.5rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.2;
  --text-h5: 1.25rem;
  --leading-h5: 1.2;
  --text-h6: 1rem;
  --leading-h6: 1.2;
  --text-body: 1rem;
  --leading-body: 1.5;
  --text-p: 1rem;
  --leading-p: 1.485rem;
  --text-small: .875em;
  --text-button: .9375rem;
  --leading-button: 150%;
  --text-a: 16px;
  --leading-a: 150%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: .1875rem;
  --radius-3: 110px;
  --radius-4: 1rem;
  --radius-5: 50px;
  --radius-6: 360px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 375px;
  --breakpoint-2: 544px;
  --breakpoint-3: 768px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1366px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1440px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1920px;
  --max-width-1: 1920px;
  --max-width-2: 1550px;
  --max-width-3: 1280px;
  --max-width-4: 480px;
  --max-width-5: 400px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

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Websites whose lead colour is closest to The Ordinary’s

Captured from theordinary.com on 27 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by The Ordinary; this guide describes the public website for reference.