# Trevor Noah design system

> Trevor Noah design system measured from trevornoah.com: Die Grotesk D font, #FF9BB4 primary, 6 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

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

Trevor Noah’s website (trevornoah.com) uses the Die Grotesk D font and #FF9BB4 as its main color on a #1D2440 background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 5, 2026.

## What font does Trevor Noah use?

Trevor Noah uses Die Grotesk D (weights 500 and 700) and Die Grotesk C (weights 400, 500 and 700) on trevornoah.com. Page titles are 361.5px at weight 700 (170px on phones) and body text is 19.5px. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- Die Grotesk D (weights 500, 700)
- Die Grotesk C (weights 400, 500, 700)

## Trevor Noah colors: palette and hex codes

Trevor Noah’s main colors are #1D2440 (deep indigo) for the background, #F9FCF4 (snow) for text and #FF9BB4 (light red) as the main accent. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- #1D2440: deep indigo
- #F9FCF4: snow
- #6F7BA9: blue
- #2B2B2B: graphite
- #FF9BB4: light red
- #000000: near black

## What is Trevor Noah built with?

Trevor Noah’s website (trevornoah.com) is built with Webflow, jQuery, Cloudflare, GSAP and Lenis. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: jQuery 3.5.1
- Animation & 3D: GSAP 3.14.2, Lenis 1.3.17, Three.js r183, Taxi.js
- Hosting & CDN: Cloudflare
- Site builder & CMS: Webflow
- Analytics: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager

## Questions and answers

### What font does Trevor Noah use?

Trevor Noah’s website uses Die Grotesk D (weights 500 and 700) and Die Grotesk C (weights 400, 500 and 700). Page titles are 361.5px at weight 700 (170px on phones) and body text is 19.5px. Measured on November 5, 2026.

### What are the Trevor Noah colors and hex codes?

On trevornoah.com: #1D2440 (deep indigo) for the background, #F9FCF4 (snow) for text and #FF9BB4 (light red) as the main accent. The color palette above lists all 6 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Trevor Noah design system?

The design system on this page is trevornoah.com’s, as measured on November 5, 2026: Die Grotesk D type, #FF9BB4 as the main color and 16.14px corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Trevor Noah’s own documentation.

### What is Trevor Noah built with?

Trevor Noah’s website (trevornoah.com) is built with Webflow, jQuery, Cloudflare, GSAP and Lenis. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: jQuery, GSAP, Lenis, Three.js, Cloudflare, Webflow, Taxi.js, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Measured on November 5, 2026.

### What is the Trevor Noah DESIGN.md?

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

No. Sitepeel measured it from trevornoah.com’s public page on November 5, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by Trevor Noah.

### Can I use Trevor Noah’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 Trevor Noah’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/trevornoah.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 Trevor Noah.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Trevor Noah
description: "Dark interface measured from trevornoah.com: Die Grotesk D type with Die Grotesk C, light red accents, tonal surfaces and pill-shaped controls."
colors:
  background: "#1D2440"
  surface: "#1D2440"
  on-surface: "#F9FCF4"
  on-background: "#F9FCF4"
  on-surface-variant: "#6F7BA9"
  surface-container-low: "#2B2B2B"
  primary: "#FF9BB4"
  on-primary: "#000000"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 361.5px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 99px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.1
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 60.5px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.05
  headline-sm:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 25.5px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1
  title-lg:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 24px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.15
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 19.5px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.4
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.4
  caption:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 15px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk C
    fontSize: 21.5px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 170px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
  headline-lg-mobile:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 40px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.1
  headline-md-mobile:
    fontFamily: Die Grotesk D
    fontSize: 40px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.05
rounded:
  md: 16.14px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xs: 3px
  lg: 30.51px
  xl: 40px
  gutter: 30.51px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    padding: 0px
    height: 58px
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px 32px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
---

# Trevor Noah Design System

## Overview

Trevor Noah describes itself as: “Comedian, podcaster, presenter, humanitarian and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Trevor Noah asks questions and sparks conversations.” The interface is dark, built on **Deep Indigo (#1D2440)** with **Snow (#F9FCF4)** text, and **Light Red (#FF9BB4)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Die Grotesk D** and **Die Grotesk C**. Headlines run large; body text is 19.5px. The surface language is flat. Controls are pill-shaped.

Measured from [trevornoah.com](https://www.trevornoah.com/) on November 5, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 169 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 6 roles.

- **Deep Indigo (#1D2440):** Page background, seen 4 times. Token `background`, CSS `--_trevor-tokens---color-primary`.
- **Snow (#F9FCF4):** Primary text and headings, seen 19 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **Blue (#6F7BA9):** Secondary text, seen 7 times. Token `on-surface-variant`.
- **Graphite (#2B2B2B):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 2 times. Token `surface-container-low`.
- **Light Red (#FF9BB4):** Brand color on large areas, seen 31 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--color--pink`.
- **Near Black (#000000):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.

## Typography

**Die Grotesk D** and **Die Grotesk C** share the interface. Fallback stack: `Die Grotesk D, sans-serif`. Other loaded fonts: Die Grotesk B.

- **headline-display:** Die Grotesk D 361.5px at weight 700, line height 0.95 (170px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Die Grotesk D 99px at weight 500, line height 1.1 (40px on mobile). Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Die Grotesk D 60.5px at weight 700, line height 1.05, capitalize (40px on mobile). Sub-section headings.
- **headline-sm:** Die Grotesk C 25.5px at weight 700, line height 1. Card and feature titles.
- **title-lg:** Die Grotesk C 24px at weight 500, line height 1.15. Small titles.
- **body-md:** Die Grotesk C 19.5px at weight 400, line height 1.4. Body text.
- **body-sm:** Die Grotesk C 16px at weight 400, line height 1.4. Secondary and small text.
- **caption:** Die Grotesk C 15px at weight 400, line height 1.3. Captions and fine print.
- **label-md:** Die Grotesk C 21.5px at weight 500, line height 1, capitalize. Buttons, navigation and labels.

## Layout

Spacing does not follow a strict grid: 41% of measured values are multiples of 4px, so match the measured steps rather than rounding to a grid.

- **Scale:** xs 3px, lg 30.51px, xl 40px.
- **Gaps:** 30.51px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Breakpoints:** 479px, 767px, 768px, 991px.

## Elevation & Depth

The design is flat: no shadows were measured. Hierarchy comes from tonal surface steps (#2B2B2B).

## Shapes

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

- **md (16.14px):** 20 elements.
- **full (9999px):** 8 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Open menu”):** #F9FCF4 fill, #1D2440 text, 19.3676px/400, 50% radius, padding 0px.
- **button-ghost (“Get Tickets”):** transparent fill, #1D2440 text, 21.4189px/500, padding 0px 32px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #F9FCF4 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #1D2440 for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #2B2B2B.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #F9FCF4, #6F7BA9.
- Do use #FF9BB4 as the brand accent: header, logo and key highlights.
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (30.51px).
- Do make buttons and chips fully rounded (9999px); most other elements use 16.14px corners.
- Don't use #6F7BA9 for body text; it reaches 3.69:1 on #1D2440. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't add drop shadows for depth; use tonal surfaces.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Die Grotesk D and Die Grotesk C.
- Don't use #FF9BB4 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.6s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.6s, 0.3s, 0.45s, 0.5s. Longer ambient animations run 0.9s, 1.2s.

- **Easing:** `cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.67, 0.3, 1.33)`, `cubic-bezier(0.645, 0, 0, 1)`, `cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1)`.

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

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