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wikiquote.org’s website (wikiquote.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 Fire Brick (#BF3C2C), with #202122 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 30 October 2026.

Typefaces
Segoe UI, Linux Libertine
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 2 gradients
Captured
30 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.wikiquote.org/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the wikiquote.org homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of wikiquote.org on a 1440 px desktop screen, 30 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
Wikiquote
● 9 / 60 characters
Meta description
Missing
▲ 0 / 160 characters
Language
en

In search results

wikiquote.orghttps://www.wikiquote.org/

Wikiquote

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

wikiquote.org

Wikiquote

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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 24.5%
  • Light Royal Blue 19.4%
  • Cool Dark Grey 10.6%
  • Near Black 7.3%
  • Off White 6.3%
  • Dark Slate Blue 4.4%
  • Fire Brick 4.1%
  • Tomato 3.8%
  • Deep Royal Blue 3.6%
  • Brown 3.6%
  • Maroon 3.6%
  • Dark Golden Rod 2.2%
  • Sea Green 2.2%
  • Slate Blue 1.4%
  • Indian Red 1.4%
  • Saddle Brown 1.4%

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
    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

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    6 3 0 87
    On text
    —
    On white
    16.13:1 AAA

    Text · body, .pure-button

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    3 2 0 6
    On text
    13.64:1 AAA
    On white
    1.18:1 Fail

    Background · .suggestion-thumbnail, --background-color-neutral

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, border, background · .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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dark Golden Rod

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 26 75 33
    On text
    4.46:1 AA large
    On white
    3.62:1 AA large

    Used · --color-icon-warning, --border-color-warning

  • Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    94 0 21 40
    On text
    4.49:1 AA large
    On white
    3.59:1 AA large

    Used · --color-icon-success, --border-color-success

  • Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    40 45 0 31
    On text
    3.01:1 AA large
    On white
    5.37:1 AA

    Used · --color-visited, --color-option-purple

  • Indian Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 47 47 38
    On text
    3.00:1 AA large
    On white
    5.38:1 AA

    Used · --color-destructive--visited, --color-option-maroon

  • Saddle Brown

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 26 73 47
    On text
    2.99:1 Fail
    On white
    5.39:1 AA

    Used · --color-warning, --color-option-yellow

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(transparent,transparent)

Dark mode

When the device is set to dark
Aa Light · #202122 on #FFFFFF
Aa Dark · #EAECF0 on #101418 · 15.64:1 AAA
  • Cornflower Blue

    #6485D1 · --color-icon-progressive

  • Salmon

    #FD7865 · --color-destructive

  • Cool Charcoal

    #27292D · --background-color-neutral

  • Cool Light Grey

    #A2A9B1 · --color-subtle

  • Cool Dark Grey

    #54595D · --color-disabled

  • Cornflower Blue

    #88A3E8 · --color-progressive

  • Dark Salmon

    #FEA898 · --color-destructive--hover

  • Charcoal

    #404244 · --background-color-interactive--hover

  • Dark Slate Blue

    #233566 · --background-color-progressive-subtle--hover

  • Off White

    #F8F9FA · --color-base--hover

  • Cool Grey

    #72777D · --color-disabled-emphasized

  • Cool Near Black

    #101418 · --color-inverted

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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

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

Type scale

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

wikiquote.org

Body 1.4rem · 14 px / 1.5 Segoe UI

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Small 1.3rem · 13 px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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
  • 16pxline 1.6 · 4 rules
  • 15px1 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 · 5×
  • 0 2px 2px 0 · 1×
  • 2px 0 0 2px · 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

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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
768

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

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.
  • ▲ CheckThere is no meta description, so search engines will pick text from the page.
  • ▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does wikiquote.org use?
wikiquote.org’s website uses two typefaces: Segoe UI (body text), a system font; Linux Libertine (headings), a system font.
What are wikiquote.org’s brand colours?
The main colours on wikiquote.org are Light Royal Blue (#3366CC), Dark Slate Blue (#233566), Fire Brick (#BF3C2C), Tomato (#F54739), Deep Royal Blue (#3056A9) and Brown (#9F3526).
What colour is wikiquote.org’s text and background?
Body text is #202122 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is wikiquote.org’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on wikiquote.org’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check wikiquote.org’s own brand or press page.
Is this wikiquote.org’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from wikiquote.org’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with wikiquote.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

wikiquote-org-tokens.css

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/* wikiquote.org design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/wikiquote.org) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #202122;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-cool-dark-grey: #54595D;
  --colour-near-black: #202122;
  --colour-off-white: #EAECF0;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #3366CC;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #233566;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BF3C2C;
  --colour-tomato: #F54739;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #3056A9;
  --colour-brown: #9F3526;
  --colour-maroon: #612419;
  --colour-dark-golden-rod: #AB7F2A;
  --colour-sea-green: #099979;
  --colour-slate-blue: #6A60B0;
  --colour-indian-red: #9F5555;
  --colour-saddle-brown: #886425;
  --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-body: 1.4rem;
  --leading-body: 1.5;
  --text-small: 1.3rem;
  --text-button: 1.6rem;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 2px;
  --radius-2: 0 2px 2px 0;
  --radius-3: 2px 0 0 2px;

  /* 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: 768px;
  --max-width-1: 460px;
  --max-width-2: 350px;
}

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

Captured from wikiquote.org on 30 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by wikiquote.org; this guide describes the public website for reference.