GitLab brand system audit
GitLab runs a technical geometry on a neutral white canvas, set in GitLab Sans. 7 of 9 contrast pairings pass WCAG 2.1 AA and the homepage scores 100/100 for technical SEO.
3 dimensions
- Brand consistency
- 100
- WCAG 2.1 contrast
- 78
- SEO readiness
- 100
01Brand palette
consistency 100/10002Typography
Body copy set in the brand’s text face, at reading size and comfortable measure.
- Headings
- GitLab Sans
- previewed with Inter
- Body
- GitLab Sans
- previewed with Inter
- Mono / data
- GitLab Mono
- previewed with JetBrains Mono
03UI vibe & geometry
- Radius style
- Technical · 4-6 px
- Controls
- 4px
- Cards
- 12px
- Surface
- Neutral white · #FCFBFC / #FFFFFF / #D1D0D3
04WCAG 2.1 contrast
7/9 AA · 4/9 AAA| Pairing | Colors | Ratio | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AaBody text on surface | #171321 / #FCFBFC | 17.67:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaSecondary text on surface | #74717A / #FCFBFC | 4.64:1 | Pass | Fail |
| AaButton label on primary | #FFFFFF / #171321 | 18.24:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaAccent on surface | #7759C2 / #FCFBFC | 5.10:1 | Pass | Fail |
| AaSecondary on surface | #FC6D26 / #FCFBFC | 2.77:1 | Fail | Fail |
| AaWhite on secondary | #FFFFFF / #FC6D26 | 2.86:1 | Fail | Fail |
| AaBody text on white | #171321 / #FFFFFF | 18.24:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaDark mode: text on canvas | #F5F5F7 / #0A0A0D | 18.16:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaDark mode: primary on canvas | #8271AD / #0A0A0D | 4.63:1 | Pass | Fail |
05SEO readiness
14 of 14 checks pass- passTitle tag60 chars: “GitLab - Speed with control for agentic software engineering”
- passMeta description160 chars
- passSingle H1 heading1 H1 element(s)
- passCanonical URLhttps://about.gitlab.com/
- passHTML lang attributelang="en-US"
- passMobile viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
- passOpen Graph tags3/3 of og:title, og:description, og:image
- passTwitter / X cardsummary_large_image
- passStructured data (JSON-LD)WebSite, WebPage, Organization, Corporation
- passHTTPSServed over HTTPS
- passIndexable (robots meta)robots="index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1"
- passXML sitemap6387 URLs · https://about.gitlab.com/sitemap.xml
- passFavicon / touch iconIcon link present
- passImage alt text100% of 39 images
gitlab.com brand audit FAQ
What are GitLab's brand colors?
GitLab uses #171321 as its primary color, #FC6D26 as secondary and #7759C2 as accent, on a #FCFBFC surface with #171321 text (snapshot from 11 Nov 2026).
Which fonts does gitlab.com use?
Headings and body text are set in GitLab Sans (free stand-in: Inter). Proprietary faces are paired with the closest free Google Fonts family for documents and previews.
Does gitlab.com pass WCAG contrast checks?
7 of 9 key color pairings pass WCAG 2.1 AA and 4 pass AAA. The full PDF report suggests a passing replacement color for every pairing that fails.
What is gitlab.com's technical SEO score?
The homepage scores 100/100 across 14 technical SEO checks, with 14 passing: title, meta description, H1, canonical, Open Graph, structured data, sitemap, HTTPS and image alt text among them.
How was this GitLab audit made?
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