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Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from vanityfair.com’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Vanity Fair. The real site is vanityfair.com ↗

Vanity Fair logo

Unofficial style guide

Vanity Fairstyle guide

Vanity Fair’s website (vanityfair.com) uses VFNewDidotHeadline for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Deep Red (#E7131A), Light Red (#E82A2E) and Fire Brick (#BC090F), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 31 October 2026.

Typefaces
VFNewDidotHeadline, VFNewDidotDeck
Palette
4 neutrals, 3 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
31 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.vanityfair.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the vanityfair.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of vanityfair.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 31 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
Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News | Vanity Fair
▲ 69 / 60 characters
Meta description
Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.
● 80 / 160 characters
Site name
Vanity Fair
og:title
Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News
og:description
Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.
Language
en-US

In search results

Vanity Fairhttps://www.vanityfair.com/

Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News | Van…

Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

When shared

The image Vanity Fair shares with links

vanityfair.com

Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News

Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

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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
  • Black 33.1%
  • White 29.9%
  • Deep Red 15.9%
  • Charcoal 10.6%
  • Off White 9.8%
  • Light Red 0.4%
  • Fire Brick 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
    —
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · --border-color__token-name, .hSySOg:not(:last-child)::after

  • White

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

    Background, text, graphic · .bRoSjW, .bpNbyT

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 76
    On text
    1.96:1 Fail
    On white
    10.70:1 AAA

    Text, border, background · body:not(.light) .nav.link:not(.imgContainer), .vanityfair-global .nav.link

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 13
    On text
    15.76:1 AAA
    On white
    1.33:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · input[type='submit'], .iMnfmD[type='submit']

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Deep Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 92 89 9
    On text
    4.51:1 AA
    On white
    4.66:1 AA

    Background, text, border · body:not(.light) .journey.nav-cta.button, .vanityfair-global .journey.nav-cta.button

  • Light Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 82 80 9
    On text
    4.80:1 AA
    On white
    4.37:1 AA large

    Used · --color-surface-navigation-feature-brand, --color-text-navigation-accent

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 95 92 26
    On text
    3.18:1 AA large
    On white
    6.59:1 AA

    Used · --b1, --error1

Gradients

  • linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(245,245,245,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 50%, rgba(245,245,245,1) 100% )

  • linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(231,19,26,1) 100%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 100% )

  • linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(231,19,26,1) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0% )

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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.

VFNewDidotHeadline

Aa 200 Aa 700

VFNewDidotHeadline

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

Aa 200 Aa 700

VFNewDidotDeck

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 2em · 32 px

Vanity Fair

Body 18px / 1.667em none

Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

Paragraph 13px / 1.38em none

Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

Small 80%

Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

Link 16px / 1.5em none

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 80px1 rules
  • 32px1 rules
  • 30pxline 1.143em · 1 rules
  • 22pxline 1.182em · 1 rules
  • 16pxline 1 · 3 rules
  • 14px1 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

input[type='submit'] · #DFDFDF

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #DFDFDF

Corner radius

  • 50% · 6×
  • 3rem · 4×
  • 0.5rem · 4×
  • 4px · 2×
  • 0.25rem · 2×

Shadows

  • 0 0 3pt 2pt rgba(94, 158, 214, 1)
  • -2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)
  • -15px 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)
  • 0 0 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)

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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

319
320
767
768
1023
1024
1280
1600

On a scale of 0 to 1600 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1600 px
800 px
640 px
575 px
400 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ▲ CheckThe title is 69 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 Vanity Fair use?
Vanity Fair’s website uses two typefaces: VFNewDidotHeadline (headings and body text), self-hosted; VFNewDidotDeck, self-hosted.
What are Vanity Fair’s brand colours?
The main colours on vanityfair.com are Deep Red (#E7131A), Light Red (#E82A2E), Fire Brick (#BC090F), Black (#000000), White (#FFFFFF) and Charcoal (#3E3E3E).
What colour is Vanity Fair’s text and background?
Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Vanity Fair’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on vanityfair.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Vanity Fair’s own brand or press page.
Is this Vanity Fair’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from vanityfair.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Vanity Fair. 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

vanityfair-com-tokens.css

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/* vanityfair.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/vanityfair.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-charcoal: #3E3E3E;
  --colour-off-white: #DFDFDF;
  --colour-deep-red: #E7131A;
  --colour-light-red: #E82A2E;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BC090F;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(245,245,245,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 50%, rgba(245,245,245,1) 100% );
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(231,19,26,1) 100%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 100% );
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(231,19,26,1) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0% );

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-other: 'VFNewDidotHeadline', 'Times New Roman', 'Times', serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-body: 18px;
  --leading-body: 1.667em;
  --text-p: 13px;
  --leading-p: 1.38em;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-a: 16px;
  --leading-a: 1.5em;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 3rem;
  --radius-3: 0.5rem;
  --radius-4: 4px;
  --radius-5: 0.25rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 319px;
  --breakpoint-2: 320px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1600px;
  --max-width-1: 1600px;
  --max-width-2: 800px;
  --max-width-3: 640px;
  --max-width-4: 575px;
  --max-width-5: 400px;
}

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