What font does United States Patent and Trademark Office use?

United States Patent and Trademark Office’s website uses three typefaces: Public Sans Web (headings and body text), self-hosted; Instrument Serif, self-hosted; Roboto Mono Web, self-hosted.

What are United States Patent and Trademark Office’s brand colours?

The main colours on uspto.gov are Midnight Blue (#162E51), Royal Blue (#005EA2), Light Slate Blue (#004C97), Crimson (#D83933), Sea Green (#008139) and Slate Blue (#1A4480).

What colour is United States Patent and Trademark Office’s text and background?

Body text is #1B1B1B on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is United States Patent and Trademark Office’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on uspto.gov’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check United States Patent and Trademark Office’s own brand or press page.

Is this United States Patent and Trademark Office’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from uspto.gov’s public web pages on 28 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with United States Patent and Trademark Office. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from uspto.gov’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by United States Patent and Trademark Office. The real site is uspto.gov ↗

Unofficial style guide

United States Patent and Trademark Officestyle guide

United States Patent and Trademark Office’s website (uspto.gov) uses Public Sans Web for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Midnight Blue (#162E51), Royal Blue (#005EA2) and Light Slate Blue (#004C97), with #1B1B1B text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 28 October 2026.

Website: uspto.gov
Typefaces: Public Sans Web, Instrument Serif, Arial
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 28 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the uspto.gov homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of uspto.gov on a 1440 px desktop screen, 28 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the uspto.gov 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: United States Patent and Trademark Office; ● 41 / 60 characters
Meta description: Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.; ● 75 / 160 characters
Site name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
og:title: United States Patent and Trademark Office
og:description: Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.
Language: en

In search results

United States Patent and Trademark Officehttps://www.uspto.gov/

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.

When shared

uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.

Logo & favicons

Found as: image in the header. PNG, 376 × 45.

Logo

On white

On black

On Midnight Blue

Favicons

1 found

32 px · ICO icon

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Light browser tab

United States Patent and Trademark Office

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 (#1B1B1B) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 36%
Off White 12%
Near Black 10.1%
Black 8.4%
Midnight Blue 7.6%
Royal Blue 5.7%
Light Slate Blue 3.5%
Crimson 3.2%
Sea Green 2.8%
Slate Blue 2.1%
Light Steel Blue 1.8%
Dark Orange 1.6%
Deep Steel Blue 1.5%
Orange 1.5%
Dodger Blue 1.3%
Deep Slate Blue 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
17.22:1 AAA

On white
—

Text, background, border · .field--name-field-sections .paragraph--type--section.section--text-light .secti, .section--text-light .paragraph--type--uspto-homepage-tab-group .uspto__tab-grou
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 6

On text
15.11:1 AAA

On white
1.14:1 Fail

Background, border, text · .page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto__collapsible-panel-item .collapsible-panel-, .page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto__modal-card-group .modal-card-group__card .
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 89

On text
—

On white
17.22:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .flexible-page-kids.page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto__tab-group .tab-group__n, .flexible-page-kids.page-node-type-flexible-page .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-p
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.22:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, border · --bs-table-color, --bs-table-striped-color

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 43 0 68

On text
1.27:1 Fail

On white
13.60:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .paragraph--type--uspto-homepage-tab-group .uspto__tab-group.tab-group--homepage, .paragraph--type--uspto-buttons .btn.btn-primary.simple-button-plugin.uspto-butt
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 42 0 36

On text
2.56:1 Fail

On white
6.72:1 AA

Text, background, border · .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-primary, .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-primary.disabled
Light Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 50 0 41

On text
2.03:1 Fail

On white
8.47:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .page-node-type-homepage #hero .find-it-get-started .find-it-fast .public-events, .node-type-major-landing-v2 .major-landing-v2-news-event h3
Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 74 76 15

On text
3.73:1 AA large

On white
4.61:1 AA

Background, border, text · .field--name-field-sections .paragraph--type--section.section--text-light .secti, .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-danger
Sea Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 0 56 49

On text
3.44:1 AA large

On white
5.00:1 AA

Text, background, border · .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-success, .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-success.disabled
Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
80 47 0 50

On text
1.79:1 Fail

On white
9.62:1 AAA

Background, text, border · body.new-nav #uspto-top-nav ul.nav>li>.dropdown-menu .dropdown-col--view-all spa, .page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto__hero.hero .hero__img
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
80 21 0 37

On text
3.73:1 AA large

On white
4.61:1 AA

Background, border, text · .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-info, .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-info.disabled
Dark Orange

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 41 74 2

On text
7.69:1 AAA

On white
2.24:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-warning, .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-warning.disabled
Deep Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 28 0 36

On text
3.38:1 AA large

On white
5.10:1 AA

Text, background, border · .block-search-form button#headerSearchButton.btn-info, body:not(.new-nav) .quick-links .btn.btn-quick-links
Orange

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 30 100 5

On text
8.57:1 AAA

On white
2.01:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .flexible-page-kids.page-node-type-flexible-page.flexible-page-color-mode-dark ., .flexible-page-kids.page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto-prose h1.text-align-cent
Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 30 0 13

On text
5.59:1 AA

On white
3.08:1 AA large

Text, background, graphic · .flexible-page-kids.page-node-type-flexible-page .uspto__hero.hero .hero__img, #uspto-top-nav ul.nav>li>.dropdown-menu .dropdown-col ul li a
Deep Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 45 0 60

On text
1.44:1 Fail

On white
11.98:1 AAA

Text, background, border · #hero .nav.nav-stacked>li>a:nth-of-type(2), .btn.simple-button-plugin.btn-primary:not(:disabled):not(.disabled):active

Gradients

linear-gradient(transparent,transparent)
linear-gradient(#e7e7df,#f0f0f0)
linear-gradient(bottom,#bbb 1px,rgba(0,0,0,0) 1px)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site

Aa Light · #1B1B1B on #FFFFFF

Aa Dark · #ADB5BD on #212529 · 7.43:1 AAA

Cool Charcoal

#343A40 · --bs-secondary-bg
Cool Near Black

#212529 · --bs-body-bg
Cornflower Blue

#669EC7 · --bs-primary-text-emphasis
Cool Dark Grey

#495057 · --bs-light-border-subtle
Dark Sea Green

#75B798 · --bs-form-valid-color
Light Coral

#EA868F · --bs-form-invalid-color
Cool Light Grey

#ADB5BD · --bs-body-color
White

#FFFFFF · --bs-emphasis-color
Cool Charcoal

#2B3035 · --bs-tertiary-bg
Light Grey

#ACACAC · --bs-secondary-text-emphasis
Medium Sea Green

#66B388 · --bs-success-text-emphasis
Sky Blue

#79B2C6 · --bs-info-text-emphasis

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.

Public Sans Web

Aa 100 Aa 900

Public Sans Web

Self-hosted · weights 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 · headings, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Instrument Serif

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

Aa 400

Arial

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

Aa 100 Aa 700

Roboto Mono Web

Self-hosted · weights 100, 300, 400, 500, 700 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 calc(1.375rem + 1.5vw) / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Heading 2 calc(1.275rem + 0.3vw) / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Heading 3 1.25rem · 20 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Heading 4 1.125rem · 18 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Heading 5 1rem · 16 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Heading 6 0.875rem · 14 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Body 1rem · 16 px / 1.5 weight 400 · Public Sans Web

Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.

Paragraph 14px / 20px weight 700

Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.

Small 0.875em · 14 px

Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.

Button 0 · 0 px / 0 none · Arial

Get started

Link .875rem · 14 px / 1 weight 400 · uppercase

Read more about United States Patent and Trademark Office

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

22pxline 1 · 25 rules
21pxline 1.5 · 16 rules
20pxline 24px · 26 rules
18pxline 1.5rem · 36 rules
16pxline 1.5em · 78 rules
14pxline 1.1rem · 120 rules
13pxline 1.1rem · 44 rules
12pxline 1.2 · 29 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.simple-button-plugin.btn-primary · #005EA2

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #005EA2

Corner radius

4px · 39×
50% · 21×
.25rem · 17×
2px · 14×
0.25rem · 9×

Shadows

0 4px 10px rgba(107,105,105,.25)
#ccc 0 2px 2px
9px 9px #f2a900

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

576

767

768

991

992

1199

1200

1400

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1320 px

1140 px

960 px

900 px

810 px

340 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 41 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does United States Patent and Trademark Office use?: United States Patent and Trademark Office’s website uses three typefaces: Public Sans Web (headings and body text), self-hosted; Instrument Serif, self-hosted; Roboto Mono Web, self-hosted.
What are United States Patent and Trademark Office’s brand colours?: The main colours on uspto.gov are Midnight Blue (#162E51), Royal Blue (#005EA2), Light Slate Blue (#004C97), Crimson (#D83933), Sea Green (#008139) and Slate Blue (#1A4480).
What colour is United States Patent and Trademark Office’s text and background?: Body text is #1B1B1B on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is United States Patent and Trademark Office’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on uspto.gov’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check United States Patent and Trademark Office’s own brand or press page.
Is this United States Patent and Trademark Office’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from uspto.gov’s public web pages on 28 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with United States Patent and Trademark Office. 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

uspto-gov-tokens.css

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/* uspto.gov design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/uspto.gov) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1B1B1B;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-off-white: #F0F0F0;
  --colour-near-black: #1B1B1B;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #162E51;
  --colour-royal-blue: #005EA2;
  --colour-light-slate-blue: #004C97;
  --colour-crimson: #D83933;
  --colour-sea-green: #008139;
  --colour-slate-blue: #1A4480;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #207EA0;
  --colour-dark-orange: #FA9441;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #0076A3;
  --colour-orange: #F2A900;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #009CDE;
  --colour-deep-slate-blue: #003865;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(transparent,transparent);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(#e7e7df,#f0f0f0);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(bottom,#bbb 1px,rgba(0,0,0,0) 1px);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Public Sans Web', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica';
  --font-body: 'Public Sans Web', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica';
  --font-buttons: 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Roboto Mono Web', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Consolas', 'Courier', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: calc(1.375rem + 1.5vw);
  --leading-h1: 1.2;
  --text-h2: calc(1.275rem + 0.3vw);
  --leading-h2: 1.2;
  --text-h3: 1.25rem;
  --leading-h3: 1.2;
  --text-h4: 1.125rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.2;
  --text-h5: 1rem;
  --leading-h5: 1.2;
  --text-h6: 0.875rem;
  --leading-h6: 1.2;
  --text-body: 1rem;
  --leading-body: 1.5;
  --text-p: 14px;
  --leading-p: 20px;
  --text-small: 0.875em;
  --text-button: 0;
  --leading-button: 0;
  --text-a: .875rem;
  --leading-a: 1;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: .25rem;
  --radius-4: 2px;
  --radius-5: 0.25rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 576px;
  --breakpoint-2: 767px;
  --breakpoint-3: 768px;
  --breakpoint-4: 991px;
  --breakpoint-5: 992px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1199px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1400px;
  --max-width-1: 1320px;
  --max-width-2: 1140px;
  --max-width-3: 960px;
  --max-width-4: 900px;
  --max-width-5: 810px;
  --max-width-6: 340px;
}

{
    "site": "uspto.gov",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/uspto.gov",
    "text": "#1B1B1B",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#F0F0F0",
            "rgb": [
                240,
                240,
                240
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#1B1B1B",
            "rgb": [
                27,
                27,
                27
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#162E51",
            "rgb": [
                22,
                46,
                81
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#005EA2",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                94,
                162
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#004C97",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                76,
                151
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Crimson",
            "hex": "#D83933",
            "rgb": [
                216,
                57,
                51
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Sea Green",
            "hex": "#008139",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                129,
                57
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#1A4480",
            "rgb": [
                26,
                68,
                128
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#207EA0",
            "rgb": [
                32,
                126,
                160
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Orange",
            "hex": "#FA9441",
            "rgb": [
                250,
                148,
                65
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#0076A3",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                118,
                163
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Orange",
            "hex": "#F2A900",
            "rgb": [
                242,
                169,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#009CDE",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                156,
                222
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#003865",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                56,
                101
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Public Sans Web",
            "stack": "\"Public Sans Web\", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", \"Roboto\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, \"Apple Color Emoji\", \"Segoe UI Emoji\", \"Segoe UI Symbol\"",
            "weights": [
                100,
                200,
                300,
                400,
                500,
                600,
                700,
                800,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Instrument Serif",
            "stack": "\"Instrument Serif\", Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Arial",
            "stack": "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
            "weights": [],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Roboto Mono Web",
            "stack": "\"Roboto Mono Web\", \"Bitstream Vera Sans Mono\", \"Consolas\", \"Courier\", monospace",
            "weights": [
                100,
                300,
                400,
                500,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "lg",
            "stack": "'lg'",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Merriweather Web",
            "stack": "Merriweather Web",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                700,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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United States Patent and Trademark Officestyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Off White

Near Black

Black

Colours

Midnight Blue

Royal Blue

Light Slate Blue

Crimson

Sea Green

Slate Blue

Light Steel Blue

Dark Orange

Deep Steel Blue

Orange

Dodger Blue

Deep Slate Blue

Gradients

Dark mode

Public Sans Web

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run uspto.gov?

Also set in Public Sans Web

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Similar colours

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Title &
description