# Cisco design system

> Cisco design system measured from cisco.com: Inter font, #058103 primary on #000000, 10 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/cisco.com/

Cisco’s website (cisco.com) uses the Inter font and #058103 as its main color on a black background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Cisco use?

Cisco uses Inter (weights 300, 400, 500 and 600) on cisco.com. Page titles are 60px at weight 500 (36px on phones) and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Inter (weights 300, 400, 500, 600)

## Cisco colors: palette and hex codes

Cisco’s main colors are #000000 (near black) for the background, #FFFFFF (white) for text and #058103 (dark green) as the main accent, with #124FC9 (vivid blue) and #02C8FF (vivid cyan) as other accents. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #000000: near black
- #FFFFFF: white
- #536070: blue
- #4D4D4D: slate
- #058103: dark green
- #124FC9: vivid blue
- #02C8FF: vivid cyan

## What is Cisco built with?

Cisco’s website (cisco.com) is built with Adobe Experience Manager, jQuery, Lit, Akamai and Fastly. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: jQuery 1.12.4-aem, Lit 4.2.2
- Animation & 3D: AOS
- Media: Video.js 8.23.4, Brightcove
- Analytics: Adobe Analytics 2.27.0, Contentsquare, Meta Pixel 2.9.435, Microsoft Advertising
- Hosting & CDN: Akamai, Fastly
- Site builder & CMS: Adobe Experience Manager

## Questions and answers

### What font does Cisco use?

Cisco’s website uses Inter (weights 300, 400, 500 and 600). Page titles are 60px at weight 500 (36px on phones) and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What are the Cisco colors and hex codes?

On cisco.com: #000000 (near black) for the background, #FFFFFF (white) for text and #058103 (dark green) as the main accent, with #124FC9 (vivid blue) and #02C8FF (vivid cyan) as other accents. The color palette above lists all 10 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Cisco design system?

The design system on this page is cisco.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Inter type, #058103 as the main color and 48px corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Cisco’s own documentation.

### What is Cisco built with?

Cisco’s website (cisco.com) is built with Adobe Experience Manager, jQuery, Lit, Akamai and Fastly. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: jQuery, Lit, AOS, Video.js, Adobe Analytics, Contentsquare, Meta Pixel, Akamai, Adobe Experience Manager and Brightcove. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Cisco DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with Cisco’s measured colors, type, spacing, corners and components as tokens, plus short rules, in the DESIGN.md format Google published with Stitch. Your AI coding agent reads it and builds in this style. More about DESIGN.md.

### How do I use it with Claude Code or Cursor?

Download the file and put it in your project’s root folder, then ask your agent to follow DESIGN.md. Step-by-step guides: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot.

### Is this Cisco’s official design system?

No. Sitepeel measured it from cisco.com’s public page on November 4, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by Cisco.

### Can I use Cisco’s style in my own product?

Use it to learn, prototype and compare. For a real product, make the style your own, and never copy Cisco’s logo, name, pictures or text.

### How accurate are the values?

Each value was measured on the rendered page after it fully loaded, on desktop and mobile: colors where they appear, type with tracking, spacing, corners, shadows and hover states. Sites change, so check the date at the top.

## Files

- [DESIGN.md](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/cisco.com/DESIGN.md): the plain file to put in your project.
- [All brand DESIGN.md files](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/examples/index.md)

Independent analysis by Sitepeel (sitepeel.dev), not affiliated with Cisco.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Cisco
description: "Dark interface measured from cisco.com: Inter type, dark green accents, flat surfaces and 48px corners."
colors:
  background: "#000000"
  surface: "#000000"
  on-surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-background: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface-variant: "#536070"
  overlay: "#FFFFFF40"
  outline: "#4D4D4D"
  outline-variant: "#FFFFFF1A"
  primary: "#058103"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  secondary: "#124FC9"
  tertiary: "#02C8FF"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 60px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.13
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 48px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.17
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 32px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.25
  headline-sm:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 20px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.44
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 300
    lineHeight: 2
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.44
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 300
    lineHeight: 2
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.43
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 36px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.22
  headline-lg-mobile:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 32px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.25
rounded:
  sm: 4px
  md: 8px
  lg: 48px
  xl: 120px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xs: 4px
  sm: 5px
  md: 16px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 36px
  gutter: 24px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    padding: 0px
    height: 56px
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "#07182D"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: 10px 20px
    height: 48px
  button-outline:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: 10px 20px
    height: 46px
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "#07182D"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface-variant}"
---

# Cisco Design System

## Overview

Cisco describes itself as: “Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations.” The interface is dark, built on **Near Black (#000000)** with **White (#FFFFFF)** text, and **Dark Green (#058103)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Inter**. Headlines run large; body text is 14px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Corners are mostly 48px.

Measured from [cisco.com](https://www.cisco.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 289 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 10 roles.

- **Near Black (#000000):** Page background, seen 11 times. Token `background`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Primary text and headings, seen 64 times. Token `on-surface`, CSS `--muse-background-neutral`.
- **Blue (#536070):** Secondary text, seen 15 times. Token `on-surface-variant`, CSS `--chat-text-subtle`.
- **White 25% (#FFFFFF40):** Translucent fill for cards and controls, seen 2 times. Token `overlay`.
- **Slate (#4D4D4D):** Borders and dividers, seen 2 times. Token `outline`.
- **White 10% (#FFFFFF1A):** Secondary dividers, seen 1 time. Token `outline-variant`.
- **Dark Green (#058103):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 1 time. Token `primary`, CSS `--muse-border-success`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Vivid Blue (#124FC9):** Accent (CSS variable). Token `secondary`.
- **Vivid Cyan (#02C8FF):** Accent in the logo, seen 1 time. Token `tertiary`.

## Typography

**Inter** carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `Inter, Noto Sans, CiscoSans, CiscoSansTT`.

- **headline-display:** Inter 60px at weight 500, line height 1.13 (36px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Inter 48px at weight 500, line height 1.17 (32px on mobile). Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Inter 32px at weight 500, line height 1.25. Sub-section headings.
- **headline-sm:** Inter 20px at weight 500, line height 1.44. Card and feature titles.
- **body-md:** Inter 14px at weight 300, line height 2. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Inter 18px at weight 600, line height 1.44. Lead paragraphs.
- **body-sm:** Inter 12px at weight 300, line height 2. Secondary and small text.
- **label-md:** Inter 16px at weight 400, line height 1. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Inter 14px at weight 600, line height 1.43. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing is mostly on a 4px grid (77% of measured values), with some off-grid steps. Match the measured scale rather than rounding everything.

- **Scale:** xs 4px, sm 5px, md 16px, lg 20px, xl 36px.
- **Gaps:** 24px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Breakpoints:** 600px, 767px, 1024px, 1279px, 1439px.

## Elevation & Depth

Raised elements use soft drop shadows. The most used recipes:

- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) 0px 1px 4px 0px, rgba(27, 28, 29, 0.2) 0px 7px 29px 0px`
- `rgba(10, 96, 255, 0.3) 0px 0px 20px 0px`

## Shapes

Most elements use 48px corners. Measured radii, most used first:

- **lg (48px):** 72 elements.
- **sm (4px):** 48 elements.
- **md (8px):** 24 elements.
- **xl (120px):** 12 elements.
- **full (9999px):** 8 elements.

## Components

Measured from the rendered page. Token values reference the tokens above.

- **button-primary (“Open chat”):** #058103 fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/400, 50% radius, padding 0px.
- **button-secondary (“Watch video (01:33)”):** #FFFFFF fill, #07182D text, 16px/600, 48px radius, padding 10px 20px.
- **button-outline (“What's new”):** transparent fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/600, 48px radius, padding 10px 20px, border 1px solid #FFFFFF.
- **button-ghost (“Products and Services”):** transparent fill, #07182D text, 14px/400, padding 0px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #536070 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #000000 for the page.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #FFFFFF, #536070.
- Do reserve #058103 for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (5px, 16px, 20px).
- Do use 48px corners on most elements; larger surfaces also use 4px, 8px and 120px.
- Don't use #536070 for body text; it reaches 3.27:1 on #000000. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Inter.
- Don't use #058103 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.6s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.144s, 0.3s, 0.6s, 0.5s. Longer ambient animations run 0.8s.

- **Easing:** `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`, `ease`, `ease-out`.

Generated by [Sitepeel](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/cisco.com/), the free DESIGN.md generator (engine 2026.10.29+b828a475ee10).

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