# Google Cloud design system

> Google Cloud design system measured from cloud.google.com: Google Sans font, #D3E3FD primary, 11 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

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

Google Cloud’s website (cloud.google.com) uses the Google Sans font and #D3E3FD as its main color on a white background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Google Cloud use?

Google Cloud uses Google Sans (weight 500) and Roboto (weight 400) on cloud.google.com. Page titles are 45px at weight 500 (28px on phones) and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Google Sans (weights 500)
- Roboto (weights 400)
- Google Sans Text (weights 400, 500)

## Google Cloud colors: palette and hex codes

Google Cloud’s main colors are #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #5F6368 (cool slate) for text and #D3E3FD (pale blue) as the main accent, with #2051DA (blue) and #0B57D0 (vivid blue) as other accents. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #FFFFFF: white
- #5F6368: cool slate
- #202124: charcoal
- #212226: charcoal
- #444746: graphite
- #F8F9FC: snow
- #E6EAF0: cool mist
- #D3E3FD: pale blue

## What is Google Cloud built with?

Google Cloud’s website (cloud.google.com) is built with Material Symbols and Google Fonts. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Fonts & icons: Material Symbols, Google Fonts
- Analytics: Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager

## Questions and answers

### What font does Google Cloud use?

Google Cloud’s website uses Google Sans (weight 500) and Roboto (weight 400). Page titles are 45px at weight 500 (28px on phones) and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What are the Google Cloud colors and hex codes?

On cloud.google.com: #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #5F6368 (cool slate) for text and #D3E3FD (pale blue) as the main accent, with #2051DA (blue) and #0B57D0 (vivid blue) as other accents. The color palette above lists all 11 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Google Cloud design system?

The design system on this page is cloud.google.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Google Sans type, #D3E3FD as the main color, 20px corners and a 4px spacing grid, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Google Cloud’s own documentation.

### What is Google Cloud built with?

Google Cloud’s website (cloud.google.com) is built with Material Symbols and Google Fonts. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: Material Symbols, Google Fonts, Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Google Cloud DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with Google Cloud’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 Google Cloud’s official design system?

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

### Can I use Google Cloud’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 Google Cloud’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/cloud.google.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 Google Cloud.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Google Cloud
description: "Light interface measured from cloud.google.com: Google Sans type with Roboto, pale blue accents, tonal surfaces and pill-shaped controls."
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#5F6368"
  on-background: "#5F6368"
  on-surface-strong: "#202124"
  on-surface-variant: "#212226"
  on-surface-muted: "#444746"
  surface-container-low: "#F8F9FC"
  outline: "#E6EAF0"
  primary: "#D3E3FD"
  on-primary: "#0842A0"
  secondary: "#2051DA"
  tertiary: "#0B57D0"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Google Sans
    fontSize: 45px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.16
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Google Sans
    fontSize: 36px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.22
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.14
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Google Sans Text
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Google Sans
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Google Sans Text
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.33
    letterSpacing: 0.008em
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Google Sans
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.29
rounded:
  sm: 4px
  md: 8px
  lg: 20px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  base: 4px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 12px
  lg: 24px
  xl: 36px
  gutter: 16px
  section: 80px
  container: 1296px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: 16px
    padding: 0px 20px 0px 16px
    height: 56px
  button-primary-hover:
    backgroundColor: "#C2D7FA"
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "#000000"
    typography: "{typography.body-lg}"
    padding: 0px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.secondary}"
---

# Google Cloud Design System

## Overview

Google Cloud describes itself as: “Meet your business challenges head on with AI and cloud computing services from Google, including security, data management, and hybrid & multi-cloud.” The interface is light, built on **White (#FFFFFF)** with **Cool Slate (#5F6368)** text, and **Pale Blue (#D3E3FD)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Google Sans** and **Roboto**. Headlines run large; body text is 14px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Controls are pill-shaped.

Measured from [cloud.google.com](https://cloud.google.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 336 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 11 roles.

- **White (#FFFFFF):** Page background, seen 13 times. Token `background`.
- **Cool Slate (#5F6368):** Primary text and headings, seen 24 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **Charcoal (#202124):** Headings and emphasis, seen 29 times. Token `on-surface-strong`.
- **Charcoal (#212226):** Secondary text, seen 13 times. Token `on-surface-variant`.
- **Graphite (#444746):** Muted text and metadata, seen 2 times. Token `on-surface-muted`.
- **Snow (#F8F9FC):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 7 times. Token `surface-container-low`.
- **Cool Mist (#E6EAF0):** Borders and dividers, seen 9 times. Token `outline`.
- **Pale Blue (#D3E3FD):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 1 time. Token `primary`.
- **Dark Blue (#0842A0):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Blue (#2051DA):** Accent in text, fills and borders, seen 15 times. Token `secondary`.
- **Vivid Blue (#0B57D0):** Accent in text, fills and borders, seen 6 times. Token `tertiary`.

## Typography

**Google Sans**, **Roboto** and **Google Sans Text** share the interface. Fallback stack: `Google Sans, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif`. Other loaded fonts: Material Icons Extended, Google Material Icons, Google Symbols.

- **headline-display:** Google Sans 45px at weight 500, line height 1.16 (28px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Google Sans 36px at weight 500, line height 1.22. Section headings (h2).
- **body-md:** Roboto 14px at weight 400, line height 1.14. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Google Sans Text 16px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Lead paragraphs.
- **label-md:** Google Sans 16px at weight 500, line height 1.5. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Google Sans Text 12px at weight 500, line height 1.33, tracking 0.008em, uppercase. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px grid: 93% of measured gaps and paddings are multiples of 4px.

- **Scale:** xs 4px, sm 8px, md 12px, lg 24px, xl 36px.
- **Sections:** 80px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 16px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Container:** content is capped at 1296px.
- **Breakpoints:** 319px, 350px, 480px, 592px, 640px, 672px, 720px, 960px.

## Elevation & Depth

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

- `rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.3) 0px 1px 2px 0px, rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.15) 0px 1px 3px 1px`
- `rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.3) 0px 1px 3px 0px, rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.15) 0px 4px 8px 3px`

## Shapes

Interactive controls are pill-shaped. Measured radii, most used first:

- **lg (20px):** 92 elements.
- **sm (4px):** 90 elements.
- **full (9999px):** 68 elements.
- **md (8px):** 28 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Ask Google Cloud”):** #D3E3FD fill, #0842A0 text, 16px/500, 16px radius, padding 0px 20px 0px 16px, shadow `rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.3) 0px 1px 3px 0px, rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.15) 0px 4px 8px 3px`.
- **button-primary-hover:** background #C2D7FA, text #0842A0 on hover.
- **button-ghost (“chevron_left”):** transparent fill, #000000 text, 16px/400, 50% radius, padding 0px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #2051DA text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FFFFFF for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #F8F9FC.
- Do keep text in 4 levels: #5F6368, #202124, #212226, #444746.
- Do reserve #D3E3FD for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do keep spacing on the 4px grid.
- Do make buttons and chips fully rounded (9999px); most other elements use 20px corners.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Google Sans, Roboto and Google Sans Text.
- Don't use #D3E3FD for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.5s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.2s, 0.5s, 0.35s, 0.075s.

- **Easing:** `ease`, `ease-in-out`, `cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

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

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