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WordPress.orgstyle guide

WordPress.org’s website (wordpress.org) sets its headings in EB Garamond and its body text in Inter. Its palette is led by Royal Blue (#3858E9), Blue (#213FD4) and Light Steel Blue (#9FB1FF), with #1E1E1E text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 2 November 2026.

Typefaces
EB Garamond, Inter, IBM Plex Mono
Palette
4 neutrals, 5 colours
Captured
2 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://wordpress.org/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the wordpress.org homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of wordpress.org on a 1440 px desktop screen, 2 Nov 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
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordPress.org
● 55 / 60 characters
Meta description
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
● 90 / 160 characters
Site name
WordPress.org
og:title
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS - WordPress.org
og:description
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Language
en-US

In search results

WordPress.orghttps://wordpress.org/

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordPress.org

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

When shared

The image WordPress.org shares with links

wordpress.org

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS - WordPress.org

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

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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 (#1E1E1E) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 41.1%
  • Royal Blue 25.8%
  • Near Black 15.2%
  • Cool Dark Grey 6%
  • Blue 5.6%
  • Off White 3.5%
  • Light Steel Blue 1.1%
  • Crimson 0.9%
  • Red 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
    16.67:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text, background, graphic · .wp-block-group.global-header .global-header__search .wp-block-search .wp-block-, body

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 88
    On text
    —
    On white
    16.67:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · body, .wp-block-wporg-latest-news:not(.is-style-cards) li .wp-block-wporg-latest-news_

  • Cool Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    11 6 0 56
    On text
    3.06:1 AA large
    On white
    5.45:1 AA

    Text · .wp-block-navigation.is-style-dots .wp-block-navigation-item::after, figure[class*=wp-block-].wp-block-gallery.has-nested-images figure.wp-block-imag

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 15
    On text
    11.81:1 AAA
    On white
    1.41:1 Fail

    Border, background · inline style on <div>, --wp-editor-canvas-background

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    76 62 0 9
    On text
    2.97:1 Fail
    On white
    5.61:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .wp-block-group-is-layout-grid.is-style-cards-grid > a h2, [class*=wp-block] .wp-block-button__link

  • Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    84 70 0 17
    On text
    2.16:1 Fail
    On white
    7.70:1 AAA

    Background · [class*=wp-block] .wp-block-button__link:hover, [class*=wp-block].is-style-outline .wp-block-button__link:hover

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    38 31 0 0
    On text
    8.10:1 AAA
    On white
    2.06:1 Fail

    Text · body.error404 a, .wp-elements-1 a:where(:not(.wp-element-button))

  • Crimson

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 88 84 11
    On text
    3.51:1 AA large
    On white
    4.76:1 AA

    Background, text · :where(.wp-block-social-links:not(.is-style-logos-only)) .wp-social-link-lastfm, :where(.wp-block-social-links:not(.is-style-logos-only)) .wp-social-link-pintere

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 77 94 16
    On text
    3.42:1 AA large
    On white
    4.88:1 AA

    Used · --wp--custom--button--color--background, --wp--custom--button--outline--color--text

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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.

EB Garamond

Aa 400 Aa 700

EB Garamond

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

Aa 100 Aa 900

Inter

Self-hosted · weights 100, 300, 600, 900 · headings, body, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 200 Aa 700

IBM Plex Mono

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

Aa 400 Aa 600

IBM Plex Sans

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 70px / 1.05 weight 400 · EB Garamond

WordPress.org

Heading 2 clamp(28.836px, 1.802rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.52), 50px) · 50 px / 1.2 weight 400 · EB Garamond

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordP…

Heading 3 36px / 1.28 weight 400 · EB Garamond

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordP…

Heading 4 30px / 1.33 weight 400 · EB Garamond

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordP…

Heading 5 26px / 1.3 weight 400 · EB Garamond

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordP…

Heading 6 22px / 1.27 weight 400 · EB Garamond

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS – WordP…

Body 16px / 1.875 Inter

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

Paragraph 1em · 16 px

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

Link 18px / 1.3 weight 600 · Inter

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 70pxline · 3 rules
  • 42px5 rules
  • 36pxline 1.3 · 5 rules
  • 26pxline 1.3 · 3 rules
  • 24pxline 1.125 · 4 rules
  • 20pxline calc(1.3 * 2) · 7 rules
  • 16pxline 1.3 · 18 rules
  • 14pxline 1.3 · 19 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 · 20×
  • 9999px · 4×
  • 2px 0 0 2px · 2×
  • 0 2px 2px 0 · 2×
  • 24px · 2×
  • 24px 0 0 24px · 2×

Shadows

  • 0 0 0 1.5px

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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

599
600
782
889
890
959
960
1080

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1200 px
400 px
320 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 55 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe favicon is dark on a see-through background, so it nearly disappears on dark browser tabs.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does WordPress.org use?
WordPress.org’s website uses four typefaces: EB Garamond (headings), self-hosted; Inter (body text), self-hosted; IBM Plex Mono, self-hosted; IBM Plex Sans, self-hosted.
What are WordPress.org’s brand colours?
The main colours on wordpress.org are Royal Blue (#3858E9), Blue (#213FD4), Light Steel Blue (#9FB1FF), Crimson (#E21B24), Red (#D6310C) and White (#FFFFFF).
What colour is WordPress.org’s text and background?
Body text is #1E1E1E on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is WordPress.org’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on wordpress.org’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check WordPress.org’s own brand or press page.
Is this WordPress.org’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from wordpress.org’s public web pages on 2 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with WordPress.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

wordpress-org-tokens.css

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/* wordpress.org design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/wordpress.org) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1E1E1E;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #1E1E1E;
  --colour-cool-dark-grey: #656A71;
  --colour-off-white: #D9D9D9;
  --colour-royal-blue: #3858E9;
  --colour-blue: #213FD4;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #9FB1FF;
  --colour-crimson: #E21B24;
  --colour-red: #D6310C;

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'EB Garamond', serif;
  --font-body: 'Inter', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Inter', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 70px;
  --leading-h1: 1.05;
  --text-h3: 36px;
  --leading-h3: 1.28;
  --text-h4: 30px;
  --leading-h4: 1.33;
  --text-h5: 26px;
  --leading-h5: 1.3;
  --text-h6: 22px;
  --leading-h6: 1.27;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --leading-body: 1.875;
  --text-p: 1em;
  --text-a: 18px;
  --leading-a: 1.3;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 2px;
  --radius-2: 9999px;
  --radius-3: 2px 0 0 2px;
  --radius-4: 0 2px 2px 0;
  --radius-5: 24px;
  --radius-6: 24px 0 0 24px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 599px;
  --breakpoint-2: 600px;
  --breakpoint-3: 782px;
  --breakpoint-4: 889px;
  --breakpoint-5: 890px;
  --breakpoint-6: 959px;
  --breakpoint-7: 960px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1080px;
  --max-width-1: 1200px;
  --max-width-2: 400px;
  --max-width-3: 320px;
}

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Other websites using EB Garamond as their main typeface
Websites whose lead colour is closest to WordPress.org’s

Captured from wordpress.org on 2 November 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by WordPress.org; this guide describes the public website for reference.