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Figma

The canvas is the brand. Figma keeps its own chrome black, white and quiet so the things people make in Figma supply all the color, and saves its jumbo primitives for campaigns. Our reading

The system

Fixed, everywhere

Figma logo
Logo
AaFigma Sans + Figma Sans
Type pairing
  • Wordmark black or white
  • Icon colors never changed
  • One light weight of Figma Sans
  • Square media, black buttons

The one thing that varies

Color scheme, primitives and composition move in campaign work.

Color, in proportion

White bands 74%Product imagery grid 15%Black footer 11%

Not published as a ratio. Measured share of the figma.com homepage height at 1440 (8739px): the black footer is 983px (11%), the full-bleed tools grid 1337px (15%), and the white bands with their framed videos take the rest (74%)..

Tone by the reader's state

  • Homepage and product pages
  • Campaigns, events and community

Two voices. The homepage is plain and product-led; the brand language (primitives, schemes, billboards) is louder. Levels are our reading.

How loud each format gets

Silent
QuietLanding pageEmail
CalmDeck
WarmSocial
LoudEvent / out of home
Loudest

Our engine's setting, built from their rules.

Every piece passes two checks

Logo hidden

Cover the logo. It should still read as Figma: white page, one light grotesque weight, square product media, a giant black Get started, two-tone heads.

Swap test

Put another SaaS logo on it. If the oversized black button, grey continuation sentences and full-bleed product grid don't feel out of place, it's generic.

Strategy

Figma presents itself as the full-stack creative canvas: one place where teammates and AI agents design, build and ship together. Observed

01

Design

Design anything you can imagine: ideas into apps, websites and products (homepage feature). Observed

02

Build

Build with intention: tools that take you all the way to production (homepage feature). Observed

03

AI-native

Teammates and AI agents work in the same space with shared context (homepage section). Observed

04

Proof

The products you love are designed in Figma: customer quote, 95% of the Fortune 500, a logo marquee. Observed

The full-stack creative canvas
homepage · figma.com
Move fast in the right direction on an AI-native canvas.
homepage · figma.com
One workspace for your entire product development process.
homepage · figma.com
Powerfully expressive. Incredibly precise.
homepage · figma.com
Full spec
For Published
Whole product teams, not only designers: Figma says only about a third of its users identify as designers.
Promise Our reading
Go from idea to shipped product in one shared space, with your team and your agents.
Not published on the public brand pages Our reading
The homepage implies it: help teams move from idea to shipped product together.

Proof behind each pillar

    Story Published

    In September 2024 Figma's in-house Brand Studio replaced the cursor-and-black-outline look of about five years with a "jumbo" language of primitives, an expanded palette run as variables, motion principles and the custom Figma Sans by Grilli Type.

    Category. Collaborative design and product-development platform: Figma Design, Make, Weave, Dev Mode, Motion, Specs, FigJam, Slides, Draw, Sites, Buzz (footer Product column). Observed

    Why them

    1. Multiplayer: teammates and AI agents in the same file with shared context Observed
    2. 95% of the Fortune 500 uses Figma (Figma's figure, based on March 2025 data) Observed

    Boilerplate Our reading

    Not published on the public brand pages.

    Taglines

    The full-stack creative canvas Observed

    Make. Believe. Published

    More real lines

    Start with design context. Build with consistency.
    homepage · figma.com · 2026-10-29
    The products you love are designed in Figma
    homepage · figma.com · 2026-10-29
    Ideas no longer have to wait their turn
    homepage · figma.com · 2026-10-29
    Explore what you can do in Figma.
    homepage · figma.com · 2026-10-29
    Make. Believe.
    out of home · figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-language · 2024-09-16

    The homepage leads with one positioning line, "The full-stack creative canvas", then states the product in plain claims: an AI-native canvas, one workspace from WIP to ship, design context for consistent builds. Proof follows: a customer quote, a 95% Fortune 500 stat and a logo row.

    Source: figma.com

    Personality and voice

    Plain-spokenbut not HypedObserved
    Collaborativebut not Solo geniusPublished
    Playful in campaignbut not Playful in UIOur reading
    Craftedbut not DecoratedPublished

    Tom's plugin for Figma design

    Do Say what works with Figma.

    Tom's Figma plugin

    Don’t Implies Figma made or endorses it.

    Adjective use protects the trademark; the plain homepage voice lets the product imagery carry the energy.

    Full spec
    • Sentence case headlines
    • Use a Figma mark as an adjective (the Figma platform), never as a noun, verb or possessive
    • Say "for Figma" (Tom's plugin for Figma design), never "Tom's Figma plugin"
    • Never put Figma or "Fig" in your own company, product, domain or handle
    • Section heads: a black claim sentence, then a grey (#757575) explanation at the same size

    PlainDeclarativeCalm

    Two voices. Homepage: sentence case, short declaratives, a black claim then a grey explanation, no bold. Trademark guidance: Figma is an adjective (the Figma platform), never a noun, verb or possessive; third parties say "for Figma".

    • Sentence case everywhere
    • Figma as an adjective: "the Figma platform"
    • "Tom's plugin for Figma design", not "Tom's Figma plugin"
    • A landing page follows the homepage voice
    • Plain, declarative product voice: short statement sentences, sentence case, a black claim followed by a grey explanation; no exclamation, no playful copy, no bold. A landing page built in Figma's style follows this homepage voice and layout.
    • Trademark voice: talk about Figma as an adjective ("the Figma platform"), never a noun, verb or possessive, except for Figma the company.

    Never

    Tom's Figma pluginClara's FigJam tutorialsFigma's (possessive, except the company)to figma (as a verb)

    • Don’t "Fig" or "Figma" inside your own product or handle
    • Don’t Possessive "Figma's" except for the company
    • Don’t Implying Figma endorsement
    Casesentence
    Two-tone headsclaim #000000 + explanation #757575, same size

    Source: figma.com/using-the-figma-brandfigma.com

    Color

    Get started
    Do The one call to action: a solid black button with white text on white.

    Get started

    Don’t Purple text or buttons: on figma.com brand color lives in imagery, not UI.

    A black-and-white frame lets the work people make in Figma be the color.

    Full spec
    • Homepage and landing pages: white grounds, black type and buttons, #757575 for secondary text
    • Brand color comes from imagery and primitives, not UI chrome
    • Campaign pieces pick one scheme: a primary plus four secondaries
    • Don’t Colored buttons or colored text on the homepage
    • Don’t Recoloring the icon shapes
    • Don’t Wordmark on a low-contrast ground
    Icon red#FF3737 / PMS 032 U
    Icon purple#874FFF / PMS 2088 U
    Icon green#24CB71 / PMS 7479 U
    Icon orange#FF7237 / PMS 1655 U
    Icon blue#00B6FF / PMS 306 U
    Campaign scheme hexesnot published

    The Brand Book publishes five icon colors with PMS and CMYK. The 2024 refresh kept the signature purple and added bold primaries, neons and earthy tones in three schemes (Core, Warm, Cool), each a primary plus four secondaries, in light and dark modes. The homepage itself is black and white; color arrives only through product imagery.

    Source: static.figma.com/uploads/6645755656177435f83e10b48d9947645b55a033figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-languagefigma.com

    Typography

    The full-stack creative canvas

    Aa
    Figma SansDisplay · open stand-in Inter 390, -0.0328em (opsz on)
    Aa
    Figma SansText · open stand-in Inter 300 at 16px, 330 at 30px (final recipe in spec.type)

    Move fast in the right direction.

    Do One light weight, sentence case; a grey sentence follows.

    MOVE FAST IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

    Don’t No bold, no all-caps sans.

    Figma wanted one face that works for display and long reading, for designers, developers and newcomers.

    Full spec
    Their faceUseLicenseOpen stand-in
    Figma SansEvery heading on figma.com at CSS weight 400 (renders light), wdth 96 at 56px and upProprietary: commissioned from Grilli Type for the 2024 refresh; not licensed to third partiesInter 390, -0.0328em (opsz on)
    Matches the 56px hero line to within 0.02% of the real width after tracking, ink +0.8%, x-height +3% (see Typography calibration)
    Figma SansBody, nav, buttons, links: 16px weight 400, wdth 98Proprietary (Grilli Type for Figma)Inter 300 at 16px, 330 at 30px (final recipe in spec.type)
    Matches width and ink against the reference at 1x: 16px 300 -0.12px, 30px 330 -0.45px
    Figma MonoUppercase footer column heads, dropdown group labels, NEW/BETA badgesProprietary (part of the 2024 type family, with Figma Condensed and Figma Hand by OH no Type)IBM Plex Mono 400, +0.03em
    Exact rendered width on the 16px uppercase label, ink +0.3%
    • One weight; size does the work
    • Tight negative tracking at display sizes
    • Mono only for uppercase labels and badges
    • Stand-in: Inter 350/340/330/300 at 56/44/30/16px (spec.type), IBM Plex Mono 400
    • Don’t Bold or semibold headings
    • Don’t Italic
    • Don’t All-caps sans
    H156/56, -1.25px (phone 36/36)
    Solo H2 / quote44/48.4, -0.66px (phone 32/35.2)
    Two-tone head30/36, -0.66px (phone 24/28.8)
    Body16/23.2
    Mono label16/20.8, +0.48px, uppercase

    Figma Sans (Grilli Type) at one light weight; hierarchy is size alone: 88, 56, 44, 30, 24, 16, 14px. Display sizes use a narrower width (wdth 96) and -1.25px tracking. Figma Mono sets the uppercase labels. The family also has Figma Condensed and Figma Hand (OH no Type).

    Source: figma.com/blog/the-story-of-creating-figma-sansfigma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-languagefigma.com

    Iconography

    Icons stay out of the way so product imagery leads.

    Full spec
    • 24px line glyphs, black on white or white on dark
    • Every text link ends in an arrow that nudges right on hover
    • Don’t Colored or filled icon tiles in place of imagery
    Size24px glyph, 36px circular control
    Social circles#3D3D3D

    Interface icons are 24px single-weight line glyphs: arrow-right on every text link, chevrons in the nav, pause/play on media, a globe on the language selector. Social icons sit white on #3D3D3D circles in the footer.

    Source: figma.com

    Illustration

    Figma's creative director argues identities should work as languages, not systems.

    Full spec
    • Jumbo scale, nodes and borders
    • Compose with overlap, reveal, clustering or multi-move
    • Primitives may be activated with pattern
    • Don’t The retired thin black-outline style
    • Don’t Cursor characters as illustration
    Statespassive, activated, hyper-activated
    Movesoverlap, reveal, clustering, multi-move

    Illustration is a "language" of primitives: vector shapes from blobs to representational forms, made in Figma and drawn jumbo (big shapes, oversized nodes, bold color). They have passive, activated (pattern) and hyper-activated states, and compose by overlap, reveal, clustering and multi-move. It replaced the old black-outline main-character shapes.

    Source: figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-languagestatic.figma.com/uploads/6645755656177435f83e10b48d9947645b55a033

    Photography

    The product's output is the proof.

    Full spec
    • Show real work made in Figma
    • Square corners, no shadows, no borders
    • Customer headshot in black and white
    • Don’t Stock photos of people at laptops
    • Don’t Rounded image cards with drop shadows
    Media radius0
    Avatar48px circle inside a 54px wrapper, 3px dashed #00B6FF band

    The homepage uses no lifestyle photography. Imagery is Figma-made work: product UI, artboards, templates and motion stills, shown edge to edge with square corners. The only portrait is the customer headshot, black-and-white in a dashed blue ring.

    Source: figma.com

    Motion

    Motion shows the product working instead of decorating it.

    Full spec
    • Selection, activation, transformation
    • UI transitions 0.18s ease-out
    • Every autoplay video has a pause control
    • Don’t Cursor-led animation
    • Don’t Bouncy or long UI transitions
    Hover0.18s ease-out, #000000 to #262626
    Videosmuted loops with a 36px pause button

    Motion principles are craft, interactivity and freeform, built on selection, activation and transformation without cursors. On figma.com, looping muted product videos carry it; UI motion is 0.18s ease-out hover fills and arrow nudges, a counting stat and a scrolling logo row.

    Source: figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-languagefigma.com

    Interface & layout

    The page, band by band

    Nav
    Hero: The full-stack creative canvas Primary action
    AI-native canvas
    One workspace
    Powerfully expressive
    Figma Make
    Outro CTA

    Buttons

    Signature moves

    Do A heading is one paragraph block 901px wide: the first sentence in #000000, the next sentence(s) in #757575 (black at 54%) at the same size, weight, tracking and line height (30/36 desktop, 24/28.8 phones, Inter 330 -0.45px; 44/48.4 for "Explore what you can do in Figma. / Browse resources made by the community."). The grey sentence starts on a new line. No eyebrow, no bold, no second size..

    Black statement, grey continuation · every section heading on the homepage except the three 44px solo headlines

    Do figmaSans at weight 400 everywhere (renders light; footer links even lighter at 320). Hierarchy is only size: 88, 56, 44, 30, 24, 16, 14. figmaSans (reference only): wdth 96 and -1.25px at display sizes, -0.66px at 30-44px. Stand-in (final recipe, see spec.type): Inter 350 at 56px, 340 at 44px, 330 at 30px, 300 at 16px..

    One light weight, size does the work · whole page

    Do Every video, image and tile has 0 radius and no border or shadow, sitting straight on white. Only controls are rounded: 8px (46px nav buttons), 16px (84px hero button), 24px (136px outro bar), full circles (36px media and carousel buttons). Buttons are solid #000000 with white text, or transparent with a 1px #D6D6D6 inset ring..

    Square media, rounded black controls · all media and buttons

    Do The primary CTA is oversized rather than repeated: a 224x84 black button with a 30px label floating alone in the hero right columns, and near the end a 1360x136 black bar (24px radius) with a 56px "Get started" centered under a centered 44px headline..

    Giant Get started · hero and outro

    Do Each band shows a muted looping Vimeo of real Figma UI on a flat pastel or grey field baked into the video (#CAFFF9, #D0D0D0, #F3FFE3), always with a 36px black round pause button 14px inside the bottom-right corner. Media sizes: 581x700 hero, 901x507 (8 columns, left), 1131x636 (centered), 1360x765 (full width)..

    Product UI as autoplaying video · hero, AI canvas, One workspace, tools grid, Make

    Do figmaMono (stand-in IBM Plex Mono 400 +0.03em) uppercase: 16px +0.48px #999999 footer column heads, 14px #757575 dropdown group labels ("WHAT YOU CAN DO IN FIGMA", "EXPLORE ALL PRODUCTS"), 12px badges on #292929..

    Uppercase mono for meta labels · footer heads, dropdown group labels, NEW/BETA badges

    Do Twelve 348x435 tiles (6 stills, 6 videos) in 4 columns with 16px gutters running from x 0 to x 1440, ignoring the 40px page margin; 2 columns of 187 on phones. Each tile is a crop of a Figma panel over vivid art..

    Full-bleed 4x3 tools grid · Powerfully expressive band

    Do Every band from nav to the template carousel is #FFFFFF with no tinted section grounds; color only arrives inside media. The only dark ground is the #000000 footer (white wordmark, #999999 mono heads, 320-weight white links)..

    All-white page, one black footer · page grounds

    Do Place the wordmark or icon on a layout's outer edge with even margins; clear space all round equals the mark's own height. Black or white wordmark only..

    Logo on the outer edge with clear space equal to its height · every layout that carries the wordmark or icon

    Specimens use sample copy, not Figma’s.

    Full spec

    A 1360px content width with 40px side margins at 1440 on a 12-column grid; 80px band padding. The hero splits into three zones: headline, media and a giant Get started button. Sections alternate centered and left-aligned two-tone heads over large square videos. A full-bleed 4x3 tile grid breaks the margins once, and the footer is black.

    Measured from figma.com's computed styles, bounding boxes and hover/focus states at 1440 and 390 in headless Chromium with a desktop Chrome user agent, 2026-10-29; each section scrolled into the viewport and held 2.5s before measuring (lazy Vimeo media)..

    Spacing

    MeasureDesktopPhone
    Page margin40px16px
    Section padding80px40px
    Navigation78px78px

    Type, at size

    Hero headline (h1)

    Figma Sans · 56px (phone 36) · line 1 · tracking -1.7px · weight 350

    Stat numeral

    Figma Sans · 88px (phone 72) · line 1 · tracking -2.7px · weight 350

    Outro bar label

    Figma Sans · 56px (phone 36) · line 1 · tracking -1.7px · weight 350

    Section headline large (h2)

    Figma Sans · 44px (phone 32) · line 1.1 · tracking -0.66px · weight 340

    Section headline (h2, two-tone)

    Figma Sans · 30px (phone 24) · line 1.2 · tracking -0.45px · weight 330

    Hero button label

    Figma Sans · 30px (phone 24) · line 1.2 · tracking -0.45px · weight 330

    Dropdown big link

    Figma Sans · 24px · line 1.3 · tracking -0.3px · weight 320

    Body / feature title / link

    Figma Sans · 16px · line 1.4 · tracking -0.12px · weight 300

    Small

    Figma Sans · 14px · line 1.45 · weight 300

    Footer link

    Figma Sans · 16px (phone 22) · line 1.45 · tracking -0.5px · weight 300

    Mono label

    Figma Mono · 16px · line 1.3 · tracking 0.48px · weight 400

    Badge

    Figma Mono · 12px · line 1 · tracking 0.6px · weight 400

    Motion
    functional: 0.18s ease-out hover fills and arrow nudges; brand motion lives in looping product videos (selection, activation, transformation)
    Buttons
    rounded rectangles on square media: 8px (46px nav buttons), 16px (84px hero Get started), 24px (136px outro bar), full circles for 36px media controls

    Page anatomy

    How Figma’s own landing pages are built, observed on figma.com, 2026-10-29. The full measurements are in spec.md.

    Navigation
    No announcement bar above the nav (checked at 1440 and 390 on 2026-10-29). Fixed white 78px bar: color Figma mark, five text items left, Log in + outlined Contact sales + black Get started for free right
    Hero
    White band: 56px three-line headline at left, a tall stack of floating Figma-made artboards (video) in the middle, a lone oversized black Get started button at right
    AI-native canvas
    Two-tone 30px heading, an 8-column video on the left, one feature (icon/title/description/link) in the right columns, its icon 16px below the video top
    One workspace
    Centered two-tone heading, a centered 1131px video, two features side by side under it
    Powerfully expressive (tools grid)
    Two-tone heading with a right-aligned link, then a full-bleed 4x3 grid of square-cornered tiles (6 stills, 6 videos)
    Figma Make
    Centered two-tone heading, a full-width 1360px video, link under the video at left
    Proof: quote, stat, logos
    44px solo headline, a 9-column pull quote and a 3-column stat each hung on a 1px left rule, then a scrolling row of black customer logos
    Outro CTA
    Centered 44px headline over a full-width black Get started bar
    Explore templates carousel
    44px two-tone heading, link + pager row, then a horizontal carousel of square-cornered template images with link captions, bleeding off the right edge
    Footer
    Black footer: white Figma wordmark and 4 round social buttons at left, four mono-headed link columns at right, language selector at the bottom left. No copyright line

    Source: figma.com

    In use

    Evolving our visual language (2024 brand refresh) · 2024

    The identity is built in Figma with variables, so the brand demonstrates the product it sells. Our reading

    Figma Sans · 2024

    One face serves designers, developers and newcomers alike. Our reading

    Friends of Figma brand refresh · 2026

    Chapters get local expression inside one recognisable kit. Our reading

    Full spec

    How our engine applies Figma's system to each format. This is our recipe built from their rules, not something Figma publishes. Level = how far toward the campaign end (jumbo primitives, full schemes) from the black-and-white product end.

    • Evolving our visual language (2024 brand refresh). Announced September 16, 2024. Figma's in-house Brand Studio retired the cursor-and-black-outline look for four foundations: versatile primitives, dynamic compositions, an expanded palette run as variables, and integrated motion. Figma Sans came from Grilli Type. figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-language
    • Figma Sans. A custom grotesque commissioned from Grilli Type after off-the-shelf options fell short, built to work for display and long reading. figma.com/blog/the-story-of-creating-figma-sans
    • Friends of Figma brand refresh. Published May 19, 2026: the community program pulled the logomark apart into basic shapes for a new Friends of Figma logo, with "bouncy F" chapter badges, sticker templates and a palette from which each chapter picks six extra colors. figma.com/blog/friends-of-figma-brand-refresh
    FormatWhat they didSource
    websitefigma.com homepage: white bands, giant black Get started, square product videos, full-bleed tools grid, black footer.figma.com
    brand pageusing-the-figma-brand: 72px headline beside the full-color icon, a mint #F3FFE3 "Brand together" band of three resource cards, then trademark rules.figma.com/using-the-figma-brand
    out of home"Make. Believe." billboard in the 2024 refresh.figma.com/blog/figma-on-figma-evolving-our-visual-language
    community kitFriends of Figma stickers, chapter badges and templates.figma.com/blog/friends-of-figma-brand-refresh
    partnershipsFigma + Jira and Figma + GitHub lockups; wordmarks paired with wordmarks.static.figma.com/uploads/6645755656177435f83e10b48d9947645b55a033%20p.7

    Our setting for each format

    FormatLoudnessMust appearWhat varies
    Landing pageWhite 78px nav with the 19x28 five-color Figma icon at x 40 (no wordmark in the nav), five menu labels and a black "Get started for free"; three-zone hero (56px three-line H1 left, square product media centre, 224x84 black Get started right); two-tone 30px section heads; one full-bleed square-tile grid; proof with quote, stat and logos; black footer with mono column headswhich product sections follow the hero and what media fills them
    DeckWhite slides, one light weight, black wordmark on the outer edge, product imagery squareone color scheme for section dividers
    SocialJumbo primitives in one scheme, wordmark black or whitecomposition move: overlap, reveal, cluster
    Event / out of homePrimitives at billboard scale, short two-word linescheme and activation state
    EmailWhite, black type, one black button, square product imageone primitive accent

    Ads

    Rules

    Do

    • Your branding larger and more prominent than the Figma marks
    • Refer to Figma informationally; say what works with Figma
    • Link to Figma content with the word or logos
    • Screenshots allowed for education

    Don’t

    • Modifying the marks or merging them into yours
    • "Fig" in your name, domain or handle
    • Implying affiliation or endorsement
    • Imitating Figma's visual identity
    • Figma marks on merchandise

    Source: figma.com/using-the-figma-brandstatic.figma.com/uploads/6645755656177435f83e10b48d9947645b55a033

    Steal this kit

    Your name and logo, Figma’s system.

    Comes with you

    • Color roles and how much of each
    • Type pairing, with open fonts
    • Voice rules the writing check enforces
    • Icon, photo, illustration and motion recipes
    • The strategy frame, to fill with yours

    Stays yours

    • Your name and logo
    • Your proof: numbers, customers, quotes
    • Your purpose and claims. Theirs aren’t yours to make

    Use this kit for my brand Use this brand in Claude

    Hand it to a developer

    Your brand next

    Get your brand audit Put your brand in Claude What goes in a brand book

    What Figma doesn’t publish
    • The Brand Book lists the same RGB (r129, g113, b113) under all five icon colors, an apparent template error; use the published hex values.
    • Minimum logo sizes: not published.
    • Campaign scheme hexes (Core, Warm, Cool and secondaries): not published; shown only as images.
    • Figma Sans, Figma Mono, Figma Condensed and Figma Hand are proprietary; Inter and IBM Plex Mono are calibrated stand-ins.
    • Photography guidance: not published.
    • Grid, spacing and layout rules: not published; all layout values are measured from figma.com on 2026-10-29.
    • Mission statement and boilerplate: not published on the public brand pages.
    • The guide points account holders to a Brand Book inside Figma (sign-in); only the public PDF, which covers identity (logos) only, was used.

    Each value is marked published, observed, our reading or our recipe, with its source. Checked 2026-10-29. Not affiliated with Figma.