Spotify brand system audit
Spotify runs a pill geometry on a dark carbon canvas, set in SpotifyMixUITitle. 7 of 8 contrast pairings pass WCAG 2.1 AA and the homepage scores 84/100 for technical SEO.
3 dimensions
- Brand consistency
- 100
- WCAG 2.1 contrast
- 88
- SEO readiness
- 84
01Brand palette
consistency 100/10002Typography
Body copy set in the brand’s text face, at reading size and comfortable measure.
- Headings
- SpotifyMixUITitle
- previewed with DM Sans
- Body
- SpotifyMixUI
- previewed with DM Sans
- Mono / data
- SF Mono
- previewed with JetBrains Mono
03UI vibe & geometry
- Radius style
- Pill · 16 px+
- Controls
- pill (9999px)
- Cards
- 8px
- Surface
- Dark carbon · #121212 / #181818 / #2A2A2A
04WCAG 2.1 contrast
7/8 AA · 7/8 AAA| Pairing | Colors | Ratio | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AaBody text on surface | #FFFFFF / #121212 | 18.73:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaSecondary text on surface | #B3B3B3 / #121212 | 8.93:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaPrimary as link/text on surface | #1ED760 / #121212 | 9.76:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaButton label on primary | #111113 / #1ED760 | 9.83:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaAccent on surface | #1DB954 / #121212 | 7.24:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaWhite on secondary | #FFFFFF / #FFFFFF | 1.00:1 | Fail | Fail |
| AaDark mode: text on canvas | #F5F5F7 / #0B110F | 17.51:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaDark mode: primary on canvas | #1ED760 / #0B110F | 9.94:1 | Pass | Pass |
05SEO readiness
11 of 14 checks pass- warnTitle tag70 chars: “Spotify - Web Player: Listen to Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Online”
- passMeta description141 chars
- failSingle H1 headingNo H1 found
- passCanonical URLhttps://open.spotify.com/
- passHTML lang attributelang="en"
- passMobile viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1
- passOpen Graph tags3/3 of og:title, og:description, og:image
- passTwitter / X cardsummary
- warnStructured data (JSON-LD)No JSON-LD found
- passHTTPSServed over HTTPS
- passIndexable (robots meta)No robots restrictions
- passXML sitemap77 URLs · https://open.spotify.com/sitemaps/sitemap-index.xml
- passFavicon / touch iconIcon link present
- passImage alt textNo images on page
spotify.com brand audit FAQ
What are Spotify's brand colors?
Spotify uses #1ED760 as its primary color, #FFFFFF as secondary and #1DB954 as accent, on a #121212 surface with #FFFFFF text (snapshot from 10 Nov 2026).
Which fonts does spotify.com use?
Headings are set in SpotifyMixUITitle (free stand-in: DM Sans) and body text in SpotifyMixUI (free stand-in: DM Sans). Proprietary faces are paired with the closest free Google Fonts family for documents and previews.
Does spotify.com pass WCAG contrast checks?
7 of 8 key color pairings pass WCAG 2.1 AA and 7 pass AAA. The full PDF report suggests a passing replacement color for every pairing that fails.
What is spotify.com's technical SEO score?
The homepage scores 84/100 across 14 technical SEO checks, with 11 passing: title, meta description, H1, canonical, Open Graph, structured data, sitemap, HTTPS and image alt text among them.
How was this Spotify audit made?
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