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wikipedia.org’s website (wikipedia.org) sets its headings in Linux Libertine and its body text in Segoe UI. Its palette is led by Light Royal Blue (#3366CC), Dark Slate Blue (#233566) and Cornflower Blue (#6485D1), with #202122 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 21 October 2026.

Typefaces
Segoe UI, Linux Libertine, Montserrat
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 2 gradients
Captured
21 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.wikipedia.org/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the wikipedia.org homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of wikipedia.org 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
Wikipedia
● 9 / 60 characters
Meta description
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
● 130 / 160 characters
og:title
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
og:description
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Language
en

In search results

wikipedia.orghttps://www.wikipedia.org/

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

When shared

The image wikipedia.org shares with links

wikipedia.org

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the …

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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 (#202122) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 24.2%
  • Light Royal Blue 16.2%
  • Cool Dark Grey 8.6%
  • Black 8.4%
  • Cool Light Grey 7.1%
  • Dark Slate Blue 4.6%
  • Cornflower Blue 4.1%
  • Light Golden Rod Yellow 4.1%
  • Maroon 3.7%
  • Yellow Green 3.5%
  • Brown 3.2%
  • Deep Royal Blue 2.8%
  • Salmon 2.8%
  • Fire Brick 2.6%
  • Tomato 2.4%
  • Misty Rose 1.9%

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
    16.13:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · body, .app-badges .footer-sidebar-content

  • Cool Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    10 4 0 64
    On text
    2.28:1 Fail
    On white
    7.09:1 AAA

    Text · .suggestion-title, .footer-sidebar-text

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    1.30:1 Fail
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, graphic · .overlay-banner-mini-message h3, .overlay-banner-main .button-collapse

  • Cool Light Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    8 5 0 31
    On text
    6.79:1 AA
    On white
    2.37:1 Fail

    Border, text · .overlay-banner-main .banner-button-disabled, --color-disabled

Colours

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

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    75 50 0 20
    On text
    3.01:1 AA large
    On white
    5.37:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .suggestion-link.active .suggestion-title, .pure-button-primary-progressive

  • Dark Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    66 48 0 60
    On text
    1.36:1 Fail
    On white
    11.85:1 AAA

    Background, border · .pure-button-primary-progressive:active, --color-progressive--active

  • Cornflower Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    52 36 0 18
    On text
    4.47:1 AA large
    On white
    3.61:1 AA large

    Used · --border-color-option-blue, --color-icon-progressive

  • Light Golden Rod Yellow

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    7 0 17 13
    On text
    11.47:1 AAA
    On white
    1.41:1 Fail

    Text, background · .overlay-banner-main-message-subheading, .overlay-banner-mini-message h3

  • Maroon

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 63 74 62
    On text
    1.36:1 Fail
    On white
    11.83:1 AAA

    Used · --color-destructive--active, --color-error--active

  • Yellow Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    22 0 54 27
    On text
    7.20:1 AAA
    On white
    2.24:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .overlay-banner-main .button-collapse, .overlay-banner-main .banner-button.selected

  • Brown

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 67 76 38
    On text
    2.31:1 Fail
    On white
    6.97:1 AA

    Used · --color-destructive--hover, --color-error--hover

  • Deep Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    72 49 0 34
    On text
    2.33:1 Fail
    On white
    6.93:1 AA

    Background, border · .pure-button-primary-progressive:hover, --color-progressive--hover

  • Salmon

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 53 60 1
    On text
    6.18:1 AA
    On white
    2.61:1 Fail

    Used · --color-destructive, --color-error

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 69 77 25
    On text
    2.99:1 Fail
    On white
    5.39:1 AA

    Text · --color-destructive, --color-error

  • Tomato

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 71 77 4
    On text
    4.49:1 AA large
    On white
    3.59:1 AA large

    Border · --color-icon-error, --background-color-error

  • Misty Rose

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 11 6 2
    On text
    12.71:1 AAA
    On white
    1.27:1 Fail

    Text, background · .frb-dialog-title, .overlay-banner-main-footer-cta

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(transparent,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.

Linux Libertine

Aa 400

Segoe UI

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

Aa 400

Linux Libertine

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Montserrat

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 10 px
Heading 1 3.2rem · 32 px

wikipedia.org

Heading 3 2.4rem · 24 px Montserrat

Wikipedia

Body 1.4rem · 14 px / 1.5 Segoe UI

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Paragraph 1.7rem · 17 px

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Small 1.3rem · 13 px

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Button 1.6rem · 16 px none

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 32px1 rules
  • 30pxline 3.3rem · 1 rules
  • 24px1 rules
  • 17px1 rules
  • 16pxline 1.5 · 10 rules
  • 15pxline 1.15 · 2 rules
  • 14pxline 1.5 · 4 rules
  • 13pxline 1.6 · 8 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

Corner radius

  • 2px · 10×
  • 1.5em · 4×
  • 12px 12px 0 0 · 2×
  • 0 2px 2px 0 · 1×
  • 2px 0 0 2px · 1×
  • 10px 10px 0 0 · 1×

Shadows

  • 0 4px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.06),0 0 8px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.06)
  • 0 -1px 0 #fff
  • 0 0 15px rgba(50,50,50,.25)
  • 0 -2px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.25)

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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

240
320
375
480
660
720
768
960

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1200 px
500 px
460 px
350 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 9 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 wikipedia.org use?
wikipedia.org’s website uses two typefaces: Segoe UI (body text), a system font; Linux Libertine (headings), a system font.
What are wikipedia.org’s brand colours?
The main colours on wikipedia.org are Light Royal Blue (#3366CC), Dark Slate Blue (#233566), Cornflower Blue (#6485D1), Light Golden Rod Yellow (#D0DFB9), Maroon (#612419) and Yellow Green (#92BA56).
What colour is wikipedia.org’s text and background?
Body text is #202122 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is wikipedia.org’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on wikipedia.org’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check wikipedia.org’s own brand or press page.
Is this wikipedia.org’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from wikipedia.org’s public web pages on 21 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with wikipedia.org. 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

wikipedia-org-tokens.css

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/* wikipedia.org design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/wikipedia.org) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #202122;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-cool-dark-grey: #54595D;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-cool-light-grey: #A2A9B1;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #3366CC;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #233566;
  --colour-cornflower-blue: #6485D1;
  --colour-light-golden-rod-yellow: #D0DFB9;
  --colour-maroon: #612419;
  --colour-yellow-green: #92BA56;
  --colour-brown: #9F3526;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #3056A9;
  --colour-salmon: #FD7865;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BF3C2C;
  --colour-tomato: #F54739;
  --colour-misty-rose: #F9DDE9;
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(transparent,transparent);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Inter', 'Helvetica';
  --font-headings: 'Linux Libertine', 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Source Serif 4', serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 3.2rem;
  --text-h3: 2.4rem;
  --text-body: 1.4rem;
  --leading-body: 1.5;
  --text-p: 1.7rem;
  --text-small: 1.3rem;
  --text-button: 1.6rem;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 2px;
  --radius-2: 1.5em;
  --radius-3: 12px 12px 0 0;
  --radius-4: 0 2px 2px 0;
  --radius-5: 2px 0 0 2px;
  --radius-6: 10px 10px 0 0;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 240px;
  --breakpoint-2: 320px;
  --breakpoint-3: 375px;
  --breakpoint-4: 480px;
  --breakpoint-5: 660px;
  --breakpoint-6: 720px;
  --breakpoint-7: 768px;
  --breakpoint-8: 960px;
  --max-width-1: 1200px;
  --max-width-2: 500px;
  --max-width-3: 460px;
  --max-width-4: 350px;
}

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Other websites using Segoe UI as their main typeface
Websites whose lead colour is closest to wikipedia.org’s

Captured from wikipedia.org on 21 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by wikipedia.org; this guide describes the public website for reference.