# Venmo design system

> Venmo design system measured from venmo.com: Venmo Sans font, #F5F5F7 primary on #4BB4FF, 8 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

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

Venmo’s website (venmo.com) uses the Venmo Sans font and #F5F5F7 as its main color on a #4BB4FF background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Venmo use?

Venmo uses Venmo Sans (weights 400, 500 and 700) on venmo.com. Page titles are 70.5px at weight 700 (44px on phones) and body text is 17px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Venmo Sans (weights 400, 500, 700)

## Venmo colors: palette and hex codes

Venmo’s main colors are #4BB4FF (blue) for the background, #000000 (near black) for text and #F5F5F7 (snow) as the main accent, with #3F34EE (vivid indigo) as another accent. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #4BB4FF: blue
- #000000: near black
- #FFFFFF: white
- #F5F5F7: snow
- #3F34EE: vivid indigo

## What is Venmo built with?

Venmo’s website (venmo.com) is built with React, Emotion, Amazon CloudFront, Envoy and Nginx. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: React 18.3.1
- Hosting & CDN: Amazon CloudFront
- Server: Envoy, Nginx
- UI & CSS: Emotion
- Analytics: Datadog RUM

## Questions and answers

### What font does Venmo use?

Venmo’s website uses Venmo Sans (weights 400, 500 and 700). Page titles are 70.5px at weight 700 (44px on phones) and body text is 17px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

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

On venmo.com: #4BB4FF (blue) for the background, #000000 (near black) for text and #F5F5F7 (snow) as the main accent, with #3F34EE (vivid indigo) as another accent. The color palette above lists all 8 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Venmo design system?

The design system on this page is venmo.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Venmo Sans type, #F5F5F7 as the main color and pill-shaped corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Venmo’s own documentation.

### What is Venmo built with?

Venmo’s website (venmo.com) is built with React, Emotion, Amazon CloudFront, Envoy and Nginx. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: React, Amazon CloudFront, Envoy, Nginx, Emotion and Datadog RUM. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Venmo DESIGN.md?

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

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

### Can I use Venmo’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 Venmo’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/venmo.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 Venmo.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Venmo
description: "Light monochrome interface measured from venmo.com: Venmo Sans type, flat surfaces and pill-shaped controls."
colors:
  background: "#4BB4FF"
  surface: "#4BB4FF"
  on-surface: "#000000"
  on-background: "#000000"
  on-surface-variant: "#FFFFFF"
  overlay: "#FFFFFF52"
  outline: "#FFFFFF"
  primary: "#F5F5F7"
  on-primary: "#000000"
  secondary: "#3F34EE"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 70.5px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 57.5px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 47px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 17px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.16
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.35
    letterSpacing: -0.01em
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.15
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.35
    letterSpacing: -0.01em
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 44px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  headline-lg-mobile:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 38px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  headline-md-mobile:
    fontFamily: Venmo Sans
    fontSize: 33px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 0.95
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
rounded:
  sm: 8px
  md: 32px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  md: 16px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 52.8px
  gutter: 24px
  section: 52.8px
  container: 1440px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 16px 20px
    height: 52px
  button-primary-hover:
    backgroundColor: "#E1E1E3"
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.outline}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 0px
---

# Venmo Design System

## Overview

Venmo describes itself as: “Welcome to Venmo! Manage your account balance, send/receive money, split bills, pay friends, and stay connected with your network all in one place.” The interface is light, built on **Blue (#4BB4FF)** with **Near Black (#000000)** text and almost no color: actions are carried by contrast, not hue.

Type is set in **Venmo Sans**. Headlines run large with tight negative tracking; body text is 17px. The surface language is flat. Controls are pill-shaped.

Measured from [venmo.com](https://venmo.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 90 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 8 roles.

- **Blue (#4BB4FF):** Page background, seen 2 times. Token `background`.
- **Near Black (#000000):** Primary text and headings, seen 32 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Secondary text, seen 7 times. Token `on-surface-variant`, CSS `--tw-ring-offset-color`.
- **White 32% (#FFFFFF52):** Translucent fill for cards and controls, seen 1 time. Token `overlay`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Borders and dividers, seen 4 times. Token `outline`, CSS `--tw-ring-offset-color`.
- **Snow (#F5F5F7):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 3 times. Token `primary`.
- **Near Black (#000000):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Vivid Indigo (#3F34EE):** Accent, seen 1 time. Token `secondary`.

## Typography

**Venmo Sans** carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `Venmo Sans`. Other loaded fonts: PayPalOpen-Regular.

- **headline-display:** Venmo Sans 70.5px at weight 700, line height 0.95, tracking -0.03em (44px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Venmo Sans 57.5px at weight 700, line height 0.95, tracking -0.03em (38px on mobile). Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Venmo Sans 47px at weight 700, line height 0.95, tracking -0.03em (33px on mobile). Sub-section headings.
- **body-md:** Venmo Sans 17px at weight 500, line height 1.16. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Venmo Sans 18px at weight 400, line height 1.35, tracking -0.01em. Lead paragraphs.
- **label-md:** Venmo Sans 16px at weight 400, line height 1.15. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Venmo Sans 14px at weight 500, line height 1.35, tracking -0.01em. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing is mostly on a 4px grid (73% of measured values), with some off-grid steps. Match the measured scale rather than rounding everything.

- **Scale:** md 16px, lg 20px, xl 52.8px.
- **Sections:** 52.8px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 24px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Container:** content is capped at 1440px.
- **Breakpoints:** 400px, 575.98px, 600px, 752px, 768px.

## Elevation & Depth

The design is flat: no shadows were measured. Hierarchy comes from color contrast and #FFFFFF borders.

## Shapes

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

- **full (9999px):** 52 elements.
- **md (32px):** 12 elements.
- **sm (8px):** 8 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“See how it works”):** #F5F5F7 fill, #000000 text, 16.9286px/500, 1000px radius, padding 16px 20px, shadow `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset`.
- **button-primary-hover:** background #E1E1E3, text #000000 on hover.
- **card:** #FFFFFF fill, #000000 text, 16px/400, 32px radius, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #4BB4FF for the page.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #000000, #FFFFFF.
- Do let contrast carry emphasis; primary actions use #F5F5F7 on #4BB4FF.
- Do set headlines in Venmo Sans with tight tracking (-0.03em).
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (16px, 20px).
- Do make buttons and chips fully rounded (9999px); most other elements use 32px corners.
- Don't use #FFFFFF for body text; it reaches 2.26:1 on #4BB4FF. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't add drop shadows for depth; use borders and contrast.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Venmo Sans.
- Don't add saturated accent colors; the measured palette is almost entirely neutral.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.6s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.3s, 0.6s.

- **Easing:** `cubic-bezier(0.4, 1.2, 0.2, 1)`, `cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

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

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