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Tumblr’s website (tumblr.com) uses Favorit for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Dim Grey (#4C5E72), Deep Sky Blue (#00B8FF) and Tomato (#FF4930), with #000000 text on #001935. Captured from the live site on 23 October 2026.

Website
tumblr.com
Typefaces
Favorit, Favorit Modern, Gibson
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
23 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.tumblr.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the tumblr.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of tumblr.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 23 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
Tumblr
● 6 / 60 characters
Meta description
Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.
● 126 / 160 characters
Site name
Tumblr
og:title
Tumblr
og:description
Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.
Language
en-US

In search results

Tumblrhttps://www.tumblr.com/

Tumblr

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

tumblr.com

Tumblr

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the p…

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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 (#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 29.2%
  • Black 19.8%
  • Dim Grey 11.1%
  • Deep Sky Blue 10.3%
  • Cool Grey 6.5%
  • Tomato 4.2%
  • Deep Midnight Blue 3.7%
  • Medium Slate Blue 3.3%
  • Lime Green 3.1%
  • Light Midnight Blue 2.3%
  • Dark Orange 1.6%
  • Hot Pink 1.5%
  • Gold 1.4%
  • Sky Blue 1%
  • Light Steel Blue 0.5%
  • Charcoal 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
    21.00:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · .ZFczK, .o7Esz .rxrOL

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    —
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .XP0zm.O0Gnc:before, .Jv_dp h3

  • Cool Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    12 6 0 32
    On text
    8.20:1 AAA
    On white
    2.56:1 Fail

    Text, background, border · .b_ROM h3, button:disabled>.sMoH1 svg

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 84
    On text
    1.46:1 Fail
    On white
    14.35:1 AAA

    Background, text · .MWy5n header, .XLdsP pre

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Dim Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    33 18 0 55
    On text
    3.15:1 AA large
    On white
    6.66:1 AA

    Text, border, background · .jhYtw>button, .E8vXe.kX2rr .d5K6e .NIHDk

  • Deep Sky Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 28 0 0
    On text
    9.30:1 AAA
    On white
    2.26:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .b_ROM button, .a_qtV button.WFTy4

  • Tomato

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 71 81 0
    On text
    6.25:1 AA
    On white
    3.36:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .kdCBg.BtnTy .ygCDb:first-child, .HNB6r .rJeQY.U9NiR

  • Deep Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 53 0 79
    On text
    1.19:1 Fail
    On white
    17.64:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · body, .palette--snowBright button:first-of-type .KO5EN

  • Medium Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    51 64 0 0
    On text
    4.83:1 AA
    On white
    4.35:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .CfIku:before, --education

  • Lime Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 0 74 19
    On text
    9.98:1 AAA
    On white
    2.10:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .R9u_I, --success

  • Light Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    79 43 0 75
    On text
    1.34:1 Fail
    On white
    15.66:1 AAA

    Background, border · .soiIv .coIQq, .nA6y0.soiIv

  • Dark Orange

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 46 100 0
    On text
    8.89:1 AAA
    On white
    2.36:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · --brand-orange, .xKtGo.K7VQH

  • Hot Pink

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 62 19 0
    On text
    7.85:1 AAA
    On white
    2.67:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · --brand-pink, .rGuEh .iDvug

  • Gold

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 7 75 9
    On text
    14.21:1 AAA
    On white
    1.48:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · --brand-yellow, .xhHhD.g7kfZ.FvWC2

  • Sky Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    60 17 0 0
    On text
    12.43:1 AAA
    On white
    1.69:1 Fail

    Background, text · --accent-pressed, --chrome-ui-pressed

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    31 38 0 0
    On text
    9.11:1 AAA
    On white
    2.30:1 Fail

    Background, text · --chrome-education, --chrome-purple

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(90deg,transparent 0,rgba(0,0,0,.15) 15%,transparent)

  • linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.01) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,.07) 100%)

  • linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(124, 92, 255, 1), rgba(0, 184, 255, 1))

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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.

Favorit

Aa 350 Aa 700

Favorit

Self-hosted · weights 350, 400, 500, 700 · headings, buttons, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 350 Aa 700

Favorit Modern

Self-hosted · weights 350, 400, 500, 700 · buttons, headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 100 Aa 900

Gibson

Self-hosted · weights 100, 400, 700, 900 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Spleen

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Body 100% / 1 Favorit

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

Paragraph 100%

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

Small 100%

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

Button 1rem · 16 px / 1.5rem weight 350 · Favorit Modern

Get started

Link 100%

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 26pxline 1.30769 · 18 rules
  • 24pxline 2rem · 25 rules
  • 21pxline 1.52381 · 20 rules
  • 18pxline 1.33333 · 106 rules
  • 16pxline 1.5 · 336 rules
  • 14pxline 1.42857 · 312 rules
  • 13pxline 1.52 · 79 rules
  • 12pxline 1.125rem · 49 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

.b_ROM button · #00B8FF · radius 25px

Corner radius

  • 8px · 111×
  • 3px · 81×
  • 4px · 59×
  • 50% · 52×
  • 6px · 39×
  • 12px · 37×

Shadows

  • 0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,.05)
  • 0 12px 32px rgba(0,0,0,.2)
  • 0 8px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.1)
  • 0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,.5)

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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

540
560
990
1018
1162
1200
1221
1541

On a scale of 0 to 1541 px.

Content widths (max-width)

940 px
620 px
556 px
540 px
400 px
330 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 6 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.
  • ▲ CheckBody text (#000000 on #001935) has a contrast of 1.19:1, under the 4.5:1 WCAG asks for.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does Tumblr use?
Tumblr’s website uses four typefaces: Favorit (headings and body text), self-hosted; Favorit Modern, self-hosted; Gibson, self-hosted; Spleen, self-hosted.
What are Tumblr’s brand colours?
The main colours on tumblr.com are Dim Grey (#4C5E72), Deep Sky Blue (#00B8FF), Tomato (#FF4930), Deep Midnight Blue (#001935), Medium Slate Blue (#7C5CFF) and Lime Green (#01CF35).
What colour is Tumblr’s text and background?
Body text is #000000 on a #001935 background.
Where is Tumblr’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on tumblr.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Tumblr’s own brand or press page.
Is this Tumblr’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from tumblr.com’s public web pages on 23 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Tumblr. 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

tumblr-com-tokens.css

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/* tumblr.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/tumblr.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #001935;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-cool-grey: #99A3AE;
  --colour-charcoal: #2A2A2A;
  --colour-dim-grey: #4C5E72;
  --colour-deep-sky-blue: #00B8FF;
  --colour-tomato: #FF4930;
  --colour-deep-midnight-blue: #001935;
  --colour-medium-slate-blue: #7C5CFF;
  --colour-lime-green: #01CF35;
  --colour-light-midnight-blue: #0D243F;
  --colour-dark-orange: #FF8A00;
  --colour-hot-pink: #FF61CE;
  --colour-gold: #E8D73A;
  --colour-sky-blue: #66D4FF;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #B09DFF;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,transparent 0,rgba(0,0,0,.15) 15%,transparent);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.01) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,.07) 100%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(124, 92, 255, 1), rgba(0, 184, 255, 1));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Favorit', 'Helvetica Neue', 'HelveticaNeue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Favorit', 'Helvetica Neue', 'HelveticaNeue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Favorit', 'Helvetica Neue', 'HelveticaNeue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Spleen', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-body: 100%;
  --leading-body: 1;
  --text-p: 100%;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --text-button: 1rem;
  --leading-button: 1.5rem;
  --text-a: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 8px;
  --radius-2: 3px;
  --radius-3: 4px;
  --radius-4: 50%;
  --radius-5: 6px;
  --radius-6: 12px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 540px;
  --breakpoint-2: 560px;
  --breakpoint-3: 990px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1018px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1162px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1221px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1541px;
  --max-width-1: 940px;
  --max-width-2: 620px;
  --max-width-3: 556px;
  --max-width-4: 540px;
  --max-width-5: 400px;
  --max-width-6: 330px;
}

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