Colors
The openai.com color palette
openai.com builds its pages on #ffffff with #000000 text and no single accent color. The 8 colors below were measured from the live site.
Measured from openai.com 4 days ago.
Palette
8 colors| Colors | Role | Hex | RGB | Light / dark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
background | Page background | #ffffff | rgb(255 255 255) | #000000 |
surface | Cards, panels, raised or recessed surfaces | #e0e0e0 | rgb(224 224 224) | #1f1f1f |
surface-2 | Secondary surface | #f1f1f1 | rgb(241 241 241) | |
foreground | Primary text | #000000 | rgb(0 0 0) | #ffffff |
muted-foreground | Secondary text, captions | #666666 | rgb(102 102 102) | #999999 |
primary | Candidate accent (semantic role inferred) | #000000 | rgb(0 0 0) | #ffffff |
on-primary | Text on the accent | #ffffff | rgb(255 255 255) | #111111 |
border | Hairlines, dividers, input borders | #e0e0e0 | rgb(224 224 224) | #333333 |
- Text on the page background
- 21.00:1 · passes WCAG AA
- Text on the accent
- 21.00:1 · passes WCAG AA
CSS variables
Every color as a custom property, named by role. The dark block is there when the site has a dark theme.
:root {
--color-background: #ffffff;
--color-surface: #e0e0e0;
--color-surface-2: #f1f1f1;
--color-foreground: #000000;
--color-muted-foreground: #666666;
--color-primary: #000000;
--color-on-primary: #ffffff;
--color-border: #e0e0e0;
}
[data-theme="dark"] {
--color-background: #000000;
--color-surface: #1f1f1f;
--color-foreground: #ffffff;
--color-muted-foreground: #999999;
--color-primary: #ffffff;
--color-on-primary: #111111;
--color-border: #333333;
}For AI agents
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What is the openai.com hex code?
The accent color on openai.com is #000000; the page background is #ffffff and the main text color #000000. Each is measured from the rendered page, so it is what visitors see, not a value from a style guide.
How do I use the openai.com colors in Tailwind or CSS?
Copy the CSS variables or the Tailwind v4 theme on this page, or download the design pack: it includes tokens.json (W3C design tokens), tokens.css and tailwind.css with the same values.