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

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Zalando’s website (zalando.com) uses Tiempos for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Blue Violet (#6328E0), with #1A1A1A text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 27 October 2026.

Typefaces
Tiempos, HelveticaNow
Palette
4 neutrals, 1 colours
Captured
27 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://zalando.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the zalando.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of zalando.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 27 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
Zalando - Shoes and Fashion Online
● 34 / 60 characters
Meta description
Zalando | Buy shoes online: Shoes from top brands.
● 50 / 160 characters
Language
en

In search results

Zalandohttps://zalando.com/

Zalando - Shoes and Fashion Online

Zalando | Buy shoes online: Shoes from top brands.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

zalando.com

Zalando - Shoes and Fashion Online

Zalando | Buy shoes online: Shoes from top brands.

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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 (#1A1A1A) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Near Black 43.8%
  • Blue Violet 20.5%
  • Light Grey 13.7%
  • Black 11%
  • White 11%

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
  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 90
    On text
    —
    On white
    17.40:1 AAA

    Text · body

  • Light Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    1 1 0 17
    On text
    11.39:1 AAA
    On white
    1.53:1 Fail

    Border · .header

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    1.21:1 Fail
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text · .nav_item

  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    17.40:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text · .footer_link

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Blue Violet

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    56 82 0 12
    On text
    2.41:1 Fail
    On white
    7.22:1 AAA

    Background · .footer

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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.

Tiempos

Aa 400

Tiempos

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

Aa 400

HelveticaNow

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Body — Tiempos

Zalando | Buy shoes online: Shoes from top brands.

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 40pxline 48px · 1 rules
  • 16pxline 24px · 1 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

No button, link, radius or shadow styles could be read.

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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
640

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 34 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ 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 Zalando use?
Zalando’s website uses one typeface: Tiempos (headings and body text), a system font.
What are Zalando’s brand colours?
The main colours on zalando.com are Blue Violet (#6328E0), Near Black (#1A1A1A), Light Grey (#D0D1D3), Black (#000000) and White (#FFFFFF).
What colour is Zalando’s text and background?
Body text is #1A1A1A on a #FFFFFF background.
Is this Zalando’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from zalando.com’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Zalando. 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

zalando-com-tokens.css

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/* zalando.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/zalando.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1A1A1A;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #1A1A1A;
  --colour-light-grey: #D0D1D3;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-blue-violet: #6328E0;

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Tiempos', 'Times New Roman', serif;
  --font-other: 'HelveticaNow', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 319px;
  --breakpoint-2: 320px;
  --breakpoint-3: 640px;
}

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Captured from zalando.com on 27 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Zalando; this guide describes the public website for reference.