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who.int’s website (who.int) uses Noto Sans JP for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Light Midnight Blue (#00205C), Dodger Blue (#009ADE) and Slate Blue (#3F51B5), with #20313B text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 21 October 2026.

Website
who.int
Typefaces
Noto Sans JP, Noto Sans, Roboto-bold
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
21 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.who.int/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the who.int homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of who.int on a 1440 px desktop screen, 21 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
World Health Organization (WHO)
● 31 / 60 characters
Meta description
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
● 98 / 160 characters
og:title
World Health Organization (WHO)
og:description
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
Language
en
Theme colour
#007eb4

In search results

who.inthttps://www.who.int/

World Health Organization (WHO)

The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

When shared

The image who.int shares with links

who.int

World Health Organization (WHO)

The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

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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 (#20313B) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 43%
  • Light Midnight Blue 9.6%
  • Deep Cool Charcoal 8%
  • Black 7.8%
  • Dodger Blue 7.3%
  • Light Cool Charcoal 5%
  • Slate Blue 3.5%
  • Deep Midnight Blue 3.1%
  • Golden Rod 2.3%
  • Red 1.9%
  • Bisque 1.9%
  • Light Steel Blue 1.7%
  • Orange Red 1.7%
  • Chocolate 1.3%
  • Deep Pink 1.1%
  • Steel 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
    13.43:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text, background, border · .who__reports-page-container .infographic-achievement-container .infographic-ach, .Reports_EOB-main-container .Reports_EOB-billions-container .EOB-billion .billio

  • Deep Cool Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    46 17 0 77
    On text
    —
    On white
    13.43:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · .button.bg-dark, .button.fg-secondary

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    1.56:1 Fail
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .sf-lang-selector.list-inline select option .selected, .button.fg-lightgray

  • Light Cool Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    13 4 0 73
    On text
    1.32:1 Fail
    On white
    10.21:1 AAA

    Text, border, background · h3.card-item-item__title, #sf-footer .button-dark-border

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Light Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 65 0 64
    On text
    1.15:1 Fail
    On white
    15.43:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · .col-md-4 #language-selector-item-details .button.button-blue-border, .col-md-4 #language-selector-item-details .button.button.button-blue-border:focu

  • Dodger Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 31 0 13
    On text
    4.27:1 AA large
    On white
    3.15:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .button.bg-light, .button.fg-light a

  • Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    65 55 0 29
    On text
    1.95:1 Fail
    On white
    6.87:1 AA

    Background, border, text · .k-avatar-solid.k-avatar-primary, .k-badge-solid.k-badge-primary

  • Deep Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    75 48 0 75
    On text
    1.19:1 Fail
    On white
    15.99:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .who__reports-page-container .infographic-achievement-container .infographic-ach, .who__reports-featured-story .featured-infographic-content .featured-infographic

  • Golden Rod

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 24 94 5
    On text
    7.46:1 AAA
    On white
    1.80:1 Fail

    Text, background, border · .who__home-output-scorecards .output-scorecards-graph-container .output-scorecar, .who__reports-page-container .graph-button-selectors .buttons button.active

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 91 100 5
    On text
    3.15:1 AA large
    On white
    4.26:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .k-task-milestone.k-task-delayed, .k-task-offset

  • Bisque

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 11 24 0
    On text
    10.88:1 AAA
    On white
    1.23:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .button.bg-secondary, .button.fg-secondary a

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    17 9 0 5
    On text
    9.67:1 AAA
    On white
    1.39:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .button.bg-quaternary, .button.fg-quaternary a

  • Orange Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 57 83 5
    On text
    4.34:1 AA large
    On white
    3.09:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .button.bg-main, .button.fg-main a

  • Chocolate

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 54 84 15
    On text
    3.69:1 AA large
    On white
    3.64:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .ig-container-inner > ul .i-element > a.related-indicator-active .i-title, .follow-us--header div[class^=addthis_inline_follow_toolbox] .at-follow-btn .at-

  • Deep Pink

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 75 49 0
    On text
    4.03:1 AA large
    On white
    3.33:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .k-columnmenu-item.k-state-selected, .k-avatar-solid.k-avatar-secondary

  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 30 0 21
    On text
    3.61:1 AA large
    On white
    3.71:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .Reports_EOB-main-container .EOB-fact .fact-title-container .fact-icon, .Reports_EOB-main-container .EOB-ticker .ticker-title

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(#000, #000)

  • linear-gradient(to 60%, #000, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0))

  • linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 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.

Noto Sans JP

Aa 100 Aa 600

Noto Sans JP

Google Fonts · weights 100, 400, 600 · headings, buttons

Aa 300 Aa 700

Noto Sans

Google Fonts · weights 300, 400, 500, 700 · headings, buttons

Aa 600

Roboto-bold

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 600 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 100 Aa 600

Noto Serif JP

Google Fonts · weights 100, 400, 600 · headings

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 calc(32px + 0.5vw) / 1.6 weight 600 · Roboto-bold

who.int

Heading 2 calc(20px + 0.2vw) / 1.6 weight 600 · uppercase · Roboto-bold

World Health Organization (WHO)

Heading 3 1rem · 16 px / 1.6 weight 400 · Roboto-bold

World Health Organization (WHO)

Heading 4 0.875rem · 14 px / 1.6 weight 400 · uppercase · Noto Serif JP

World Health Organization (WHO)

Heading 5 20px / 1.6 weight 600 · uppercase · Roboto-bold

World Health Organization (WHO)

Heading 6 12px / 1.6 weight 600 · Roboto-bold

World Health Organization (WHO)

Paragraph 0.875rem · 14 px / 20px weight 400 · none · Noto Serif JP

The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

Small 12px / 14px weight 400 · uppercase · Roboto

The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

Button 0.1px / 1.5 weight 700 · uppercase · Noto Sans JP

Get started

Link 1rem · 16 px / 1.6 weight 700 · uppercase · Roboto-bold

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 28pxline 15px · 24 rules
  • 24pxline 45px · 47 rules
  • 22pxline 1.5 · 38 rules
  • 20pxline 1.6 · 53 rules
  • 18pxline 1.5 · 77 rules
  • 16pxline 1.5 · 228 rules
  • 14pxline 2 · 233 rules
  • 12pxline 1.5 · 106 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

.portal .btn-who-blue · #3E94C6 · radius 6px

Corner radius

  • 50% · 78×
  • 4px · 77×
  • 2px · 48×
  • 5px · 24×
  • 3px · 22×
  • 100% · 18×

Shadows

  • 5px 5px 20px 0 rgba(218, 218, 218, 0.5)
  • 5px 5px 20px 0 rgba(218, 218, 218, 0.9)
  • 0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14), 0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12)
  • 0 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)

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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

478
600
767
768
1019
1020
1280
1600

On a scale of 0 to 1600 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1630 px
1050 px
850 px
650 px
500 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 31 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 who.int use?
who.int’s website uses three typefaces: Noto Sans JP (headings and body text), google Fonts; Noto Sans, google Fonts; Noto Serif JP, google Fonts.
What are who.int’s brand colours?
The main colours on who.int are Light Midnight Blue (#00205C), Dodger Blue (#009ADE), Slate Blue (#3F51B5), Deep Midnight Blue (#102140), Golden Rod (#F3B80E) and Red (#F31700).
What colour is who.int’s text and background?
Body text is #20313B on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is who.int’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on who.int’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check who.int’s own brand or press page.
Is this who.int’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from who.int’s public web pages on 21 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with who.int. 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

who-int-tokens.css

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/* who.int design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/who.int) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #20313B;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-deep-cool-charcoal: #20313B;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-light-cool-charcoal: #3C4245;
  --colour-light-midnight-blue: #00205C;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #009ADE;
  --colour-slate-blue: #3F51B5;
  --colour-deep-midnight-blue: #102140;
  --colour-golden-rod: #F3B80E;
  --colour-red: #F31700;
  --colour-bisque: #FFE3C2;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #C9DDF3;
  --colour-orange-red: #F26829;
  --colour-chocolate: #D86422;
  --colour-deep-pink: #FF4081;
  --colour-steel-blue: #008DC9;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(#000, #000);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to 60%, #000, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Noto Sans JP', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Noto Sans JP', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: calc(32px + 0.5vw);
  --leading-h1: 1.6;
  --text-h2: calc(20px + 0.2vw);
  --leading-h2: 1.6;
  --text-h3: 1rem;
  --leading-h3: 1.6;
  --text-h4: 0.875rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.6;
  --text-h5: 20px;
  --leading-h5: 1.6;
  --text-h6: 12px;
  --leading-h6: 1.6;
  --text-p: 0.875rem;
  --leading-p: 20px;
  --text-small: 12px;
  --leading-small: 14px;
  --text-button: 0.1px;
  --leading-button: 1.5;
  --text-a: 1rem;
  --leading-a: 1.6;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: 2px;
  --radius-4: 5px;
  --radius-5: 3px;
  --radius-6: 100%;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 478px;
  --breakpoint-2: 600px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1019px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1020px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1600px;
  --max-width-1: 1630px;
  --max-width-2: 1050px;
  --max-width-3: 850px;
  --max-width-4: 650px;
  --max-width-5: 500px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

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