Figma design system

Figma's website (figma.com) uses a light interface with #e4ff97 as its primary color and figmaSans as the main typeface, with figmaMono alongside it. designlang measured 6 font sizes from 12px to 64px, 14 spacing values, 4 corner radii.

Captured 21 May 2026Light UI1,512 elements read

Figma colors

The brand roles and neutrals figma.com renders, with how many elements use each one.

Brand colors

  • Primary#e4ff971 uses
  • Secondary#00b6ff1 uses
  • Accent#c4baff1 uses

Neutrals

  • #0000002,344 uses
  • #ffffff667 uses
  • #69748544 uses
  • #e6e6e62 uses
  • #f3ffe31 uses

Backgrounds

  • #ffffff
  • #24cb71
  • #e6e6e6
  • #f3ffe3
  • #e2e2e2
  • #000000
  • #e4ff97
  • #00b6ff

Text colors

  • #00000021:1 on #ffffff
  • #ffffff1:1 on #ffffff
  • #6974854.73:1 on #ffffff
  • #33dfdf1.65:1 on #ffffff
  • #b98e013.03:1 on #ffffff

Contrast checks (WCAG 2.1)

Text and background pairs found together on the page; 100% of them pass.

TextBackgroundRatioResult
#000000#ffffff21:1AAA

Figma fonts and type scale

Every font family and size in use, read from computed styles rather than the CSS source.

Font families

  • figmaSans: sans, most text (1,494 elements)
  • figmaMono: mono, most text (18 elements)

Body text: 18px at weight 330, line height 25.2px.

Weights in use: 400, 330, 320, 480, 540, 340, 450, 700.

Type scale

SizeWeightLine heightTrackingUsed on
64px40070.4px-0.64pxh1, span
44px40048.4px-0.44pxspan, h2, p
24px32032.4px-0.12pxp, a, span, h3
18px33025.2pxnormalp, span, ul, li
16px40023.2pxnormalhtml, head, meta, link
12px40012px0.6pxspan

Spacing and radii

Spacing scale

  • 1px
  • 16px
  • 24px
  • 27px
  • 40px
  • 44px
  • 53px
  • 60px
  • 64px
  • 80px
  • 107px
  • 120px
  • 160px
  • 409px

Corner radii

  • 2px
  • 8px
  • 16px
  • 50px

Medium radii lead, with a few larger ones. 5 distinct box shadows.

Motion

The motion reads as springy.

Durations

  • xs: 100ms
  • sm: 160ms
  • md: 300ms
  • lg: 500ms
  • xl: 800ms
  • xxl: 2000ms

Easing

  • ease-in-out (97 uses): ease
  • custom (1 uses): cubic-bezier(0.8, 0, 0.2, 1)
  • spring (6 uses): cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1)

Design system audit

designlang scores how consistently a site uses its own values. How the audit works.

Overall

88/100, grade B

Components found: buttons (24), cards (2), links (189), navigation (65), footer (1), modals (1).

By category

Color Discipline92/100
Typography Consistency85/100
Spacing System85/100
Shadow Consistency100/100
Border Radius Consistency100/100
Accessibility100/100
CSS Tokenization100/100
  • 8 font weights in use — consider standardizing to 3 (regular, medium, bold)
  • 216 !important rules — prefer specificity over overrides
  • 94% of CSS is unused — consider purging
  • 41308 duplicate CSS declarations

Download the tokens

The files designlang wrote for figma.com. Run it yourself for a fresh read: npx designlang figma.com.

The core values as CSS variables

:root {
  --color-primary: #e4ff97;
  --color-secondary: #00b6ff;
  --color-accent: #c4baff;
  --color-background: #ffffff;
  --color-text: #000000;
  --color-neutral-1: #000000;
  --color-neutral-2: #ffffff;
  --color-neutral-3: #697485;
  --color-neutral-4: #e6e6e6;
  --font-primary: "figmaSans", sans-serif;
  --font-secondary: "figmaMono", monospace;
  --radius-sm: 2px;
  --radius-md: 8px;
  --radius-lg: 16px;
}

Read figma.com yourself

Run the free CLI to get these tokens, plus a Tailwind config, a shadcn theme and rules for Cursor and Claude.

Quick answers

What font does Figma use?
figma.com sets most of its text in figmaSans (1,494 elements), with figmaMono alongside it. designlang read this from the computed styles of the live page on 21 May 2026.
What are Figma's brand colors?
The brand roles on figma.com are primary #e4ff97, secondary #00b6ff and accent #c4baff, on a #ffffff background. The neutrals used most are #000000, #ffffff and #697485.
How do I use the Figma design system in my own app?
Download the DTCG tokens, Tailwind config or CSS variables on this page, or run npx designlang figma.com for a fresh read. To apply the look to an existing repo, Retheme maps the tokens onto your Tailwind or shadcn theme and opens a pull request.
Is this the official design system?
No. It is measured from figma.com's public pages on 21 May 2026, so it shows what the site renders, not Figma's internal source files. Figma is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with designlang.

Measured from the public pages of figma.com on 21 May 2026. Figma is a trademark of its owner; designlang is not affiliated with it. More: the full Figma brand kit, the token extraction guide and the markdown version of this page.