canva.com design system

---
version: alpha
name: "canva.com"
description: "Design system extracted from https://www.canva.com/ on 2026-09-28"
colors:
  background: "#ffffff"
  foreground: "#1a1a1a"
  muted-foreground: "#6b6b6b"
  primary: "#a370fc"
  on-primary: "#111111"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: "canva"
    fontSize: "28px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: "1.3"
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "canva-sans"
    fontSize: "32px"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: "1.4"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "canva-sans"
    fontSize: "24px"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: "1.4"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "canva-sans"
    fontSize: "14px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: "1.5"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "canva-sans"
    fontSize: "13px"
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: "1.4"
  button:
    fontFamily: "canva-sans"
    fontSize: "14px"
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: "1.4"
rounded:
  none: "0px"
  full: "9999px"
spacing:
  unit: "8px"
  1: "16px"
  2: "24px"
  3: "40px"
  4: "64px"
components:
---

# canva.com

## Overview

Just a moment...

Sharp, squared-off controls, flat surfaces separated by hairlines, restrained display type at 28px / 400, a single violet accent on neutrals. The site ships in light mode by default. Measured from 59 rendered elements at 1440px wide on 2026-09-28.

Reference screenshots live beside this file; look at them before writing any layout, they carry the composition, density and image treatment that tokens cannot:

- `screenshots/desktop-1440-fold.png`: Desktop 1440, above the fold
- `screenshots/desktop-1440-full.jpg`: Desktop 1440, full page
- `screenshots/laptop-1024-fold.png`: Laptop 1024, above the fold
- `screenshots/tablet-768-fold.png`: Tablet 768, above the fold
- `screenshots/phone-390-fold.png`: Phone 390, above the fold
- `screenshots/phone-390-full.jpg`: Phone 390, full page

## Colors

| Token | Value | Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| background | `#ffffff` | Page background |
| foreground | `#1a1a1a` | Primary text |
| muted-foreground | `#6b6b6b` | Secondary text, captions |
| primary | `#a370fc` | Accent: primary buttons, links, focus |
| on-primary | `#111111` | Text on the accent |

Full painted palette by area (largest first): `#ffffff`.

The accent `#a370fc` is used sparingly: primary buttons, links and focus rings. Everything else stays neutral.

## Typography

- **canva** for h1: self-hosted webfont, not freely available; use **Inter** from Google Fonts as the stand-in.
- **canva-sans** for body: self-hosted webfont, not freely available; use **Inter** from Google Fonts as the stand-in.

| Role | Family | Size | Weight | Line height | Tracking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| headline-display | canva | 28px | 400 | 1.3 | normal |
| headline-lg | canva-sans | 32px | 600 | 1.4 | normal |
| headline-md | canva-sans | 24px | 600 | 1.4 | normal |
| body-md | canva-sans | 14px | 400 | 1.5 | normal |
| label-md | canva-sans | 13px | 500 | 1.4 | normal |
| button | canva-sans | 14px | 500 | 1.4 | normal |

Type scale in use: 14px, 28px. Base body size 14px.

The H1 renders at 28px / 400, center aligned, up to 474px wide. Sample: "We’ll have you designing again soon".

## Layout

- Spacing unit: 8px. Scale in use: 16, 24, 40, 64 (px).
- Content max width: 600px, centred.
- Breakpoints: 639px, 640px.

## Elevation & Depth

No box shadows in use; depth comes from hairline borders and surface tints (flat design).

## Shapes

- Buttons: 0px
- Inputs: 0px
- Cards and panels: 0px
- Images and media: 0px
- Radius scale: none 0px, full 9999px

## Components

### Link

Colour `#a370fc`, underline, weight 400.

## Dark Mode

No dark mode responded to prefers-color-scheme, a theme toggle, or a root class/attribute.

## Responsive Behavior

| Viewport | Content width | Gutter | Body | H1 | Header | Hero | Grids | Buttons |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| desktop 1440px | 600px |  | 10px | 28px, 1 line, center |  | text only |  | content-width |
| laptop 1024px | 600px |  | 10px | 28px, 1 line, center |  | text only |  | content-width |
| tablet 768px | 600px |  | 10px | 28px, 1 line, center |  | text only |  | content-width |
| phone 390px | 312px |  | 10px | 28px, 2 lines, center |  | text only |  | content-width |

- H1 goes 28px → 28px (100%), 1 → 2 lines.
- Body text stays 10px at every width.

## Interaction & Motion

No CSS transitions on rendered elements: state changes are instant.

- Hover on body-link ("visit the Help Centre"): text #a370fc → #8b3dff, border #a370fc → #8b3dff; cursor pointer.
- Focus on body-link: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16), offset 1px.
- No tooltips: nothing on the page carries tooltip attributes or roles and no tooltip styles exist. Do not add tooltips when rebuilding.
- No dropdown menus found in the header.
- No scroll-reveal: content is visible without scrolling into view.

Full detail (every overlay, table, form, scroll and text rule measured) is in `BEHAVIOR.md`; raw evidence in `evidence.json`.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use 8px multiples for every padding, margin and gap; the site does not use odd values.
- Do reserve `#a370fc` for actions and focus; never paint large areas with it.
- Do keep body text at 14px in canva-sans and headings in canva.
- Do match corner radii per element class (buttons 0px, cards 0px); do not pick one radius for everything.
- Don't add drop shadows; this design is flat.
- Don't substitute a different accent hue or introduce gradients that are not listed above.
- Don't rebuild from the tokens alone; open the screenshots for composition, density and image treatment.