# Django design system

> Django design system measured from djangoproject.com: Roboto font, #0C4B33 primary on #FFFFFF, 11 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

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

Django’s website (djangoproject.com) uses the Roboto font and #0C4B33 as its main color on a white background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Django use?

Django uses Roboto (weights 400 and 700) on djangoproject.com. Page titles are 32px at weight 400 and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Roboto (weights 400, 700)

## Django colors: palette and hex codes

Django’s main colors are #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #0C3C26 (deep teal) for text and #0C4B33 (deep teal) as the main accent, with #2B8C67 (dark teal) as another accent. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #FFFFFF: white
- #0C3C26: deep teal
- #859D94: teal
- #F1FFF7: snow
- #F8F8F8: snow
- #CFE3DC: light teal
- #44B78B: teal
- #0C4B33: deep teal

## What is Django built with?

Django’s website (djangoproject.com) is built with Fastly, Nginx and Font Awesome. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Server: Nginx
- Fonts & icons: Font Awesome
- Hosting & CDN: Fastly

## Questions and answers

### What font does Django use?

Django’s website uses Roboto (weights 400 and 700). Page titles are 32px at weight 400 and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

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

On djangoproject.com: #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #0C3C26 (deep teal) for text and #0C4B33 (deep teal) as the main accent, with #2B8C67 (dark teal) as another accent. The color palette above lists all 11 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Django design system?

The design system on this page is djangoproject.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Roboto type, #0C4B33 as the main color and 5px corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Django’s own documentation.

### What is Django built with?

Django’s website (djangoproject.com) is built with Fastly, Nginx and Font Awesome. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Django DESIGN.md?

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

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

### Can I use Django’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 Django’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/djangoproject.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 Django.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Django
description: "Light interface measured from djangoproject.com: Roboto type, deep teal accents, tonal surfaces and 5px corners."
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#0C3C26"
  on-background: "#0C3C26"
  on-surface-variant: "#859D94"
  surface-container-low: "#F1FFF7"
  surface-container: "#F8F8F8"
  outline: "#CFE3DC"
  outline-variant: "#44B78B"
  primary: "#0C4B33"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  secondary: "#2B8C67"
  success: "#20AA76"
typography:
  display-hero:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 40px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.6
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 32px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: -0.031em
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 24px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.6
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.6
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 20px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.6
  label-lg:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.6
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.2
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Roboto
    fontSize: 13px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.23
rounded:
  md: 5px
spacing:
  xs: 2px
  sm: 6px
  md: 10px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 35px
  section: 50px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.outline-variant}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-lg}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 18px 50px 19.8px 50px
    height: 61px
  button-primary-hover:
    backgroundColor: "#51BE95"
  button-outline:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface-variant}"
    typography: "{typography.label-lg}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 18px 27px
    height: 67px
  button-outline-hover:
    textColor: "{colors.success}"
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.outline-variant}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: 4px
    padding: 0px
  input-field:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: 4px
    padding: 6px 39.41px 8px 10px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.surface-container-low}"
---

# Django Design System

## Overview

The interface is light, built on **White (#FFFFFF)** with **Deep Teal (#0C3C26)** text, and **Deep Teal (#0C4B33)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Roboto**. Headlines run large with tight negative tracking; body text is 14px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Corners are mostly 5px.

Measured from [djangoproject.com](https://www.djangoproject.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 177 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 3 times. Token `background`, CSS `--white-color`.
- **Deep Teal (#0C3C26):** Primary text and headings, seen 21 times. Token `on-surface`, CSS `--table-color`.
- **Teal (#859D94):** Secondary text, seen 6 times. Token `on-surface-variant`, CSS `--dark-hairline-color`.
- **Snow (#F1FFF7):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container-low`, CSS `--body-bg`.
- **Snow (#F8F8F8):** Cards and panels, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container`, CSS `--sidebar-bg`.
- **Light Teal (#CFE3DC):** Borders and dividers, seen 13 times. Token `outline`, CSS `--hairline-color`.
- **Teal (#44B78B):** Secondary dividers, seen 1 time. Token `outline-variant`, CSS `--primary`.
- **Deep Teal (#0C4B33):** Brand color in the header, seen 7 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--community-img-fg`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Dark Teal (#2B8C67):** Accent (CSS variable), seen 7 times. Token `secondary`, CSS `--primary-accent`.
- **Teal (#20AA76):** Success and positive states, seen 36 times. Token `success`, CSS `--search-link`.

## Typography

**Roboto** carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `Roboto, Corbel, Avenir, Lucida Grande`. Other loaded fonts: FontAwesome.

- **display-hero:** Roboto 40px at weight 700, line height 1.6. Oversized hero statements.
- **headline-display:** Roboto 32px at weight 400, line height 1.1, tracking -0.031em. Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Roboto 24px at weight 400, line height 1.6. Section headings (h2).
- **body-md:** Roboto 14px at weight 400, line height 1.6. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Roboto 20px at weight 400, line height 1.2. Lead paragraphs.
- **body-sm:** Roboto 12px at weight 400, line height 1.6. Secondary and small text.
- **label-lg:** Roboto 18px at weight 400, line height 1.6. Large buttons and tabs.
- **label-md:** Roboto 16px at weight 700, line height 1.2. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Roboto 13px at weight 700, line height 1.23. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing does not follow a strict grid: 21% of measured values are multiples of 4px, so match the measured steps rather than rounding to a grid.

- **Scale:** xs 2px, sm 6px, md 10px, lg 20px, xl 35px.
- **Sections:** 50px vertical padding between major sections.

## Elevation & Depth

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

- `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -460px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1000px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 600px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -460px 600px 0px 0px`

## Shapes

Most elements use 5px corners. Measured radii, most used first:

- **md (5px):** 20 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Get started with Django”):** #44B78B fill, #FFFFFF text, 18px/700, 5px radius, padding 18px 50px 19.8px 50px.
- **button-primary-hover:** background #51BE95, text #FFFFFF on hover.
- **button-outline (“Learn more about Django”):** transparent fill, #859D94 text, 18px/400, 5px radius, padding 18px 27px, border 1px solid #CFE3DC.
- **button-outline-hover:** background #00000000, text #20AA76 on hover.
- **button-ghost (“Search”):** transparent fill, #44B78B text, 16px/400, 4px radius, padding 0px.
- **input-field (“Search (Ctrl+K)”):** #FFFFFF fill, #0C3C26 text, 16px/400, 4px radius, padding 6px 39.41px 8px 10px, border 1px solid #CFE3DC.
- **link:** transparent fill, #F1FFF7 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FFFFFF for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #F1FFF7, #F8F8F8.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #0C3C26, #859D94.
- Do use #0C4B33 as the brand accent: header, logo and key highlights.
- Do set headlines in Roboto with tight tracking (-0.031em).
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (6px, 10px, 20px).
- Do use 5px corners on most elements.
- Don't use #859D94 for body text; it reaches 2.90:1 on #FFFFFF. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Roboto.
- Don't use #0C4B33 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.5s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.5s, 0.3s.

- **Easing:** `ease-out`.

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

```