Goodreads fonts and type scale
Goodreads's website sets body text in Lato and headings in Merriweather. Body text is 12px, section headings 12px and the largest display type 48px, at weight 400. If you can't use Lato, ask your AI for the closest free match and keep the sizes and weights.
Goodreads color codes
| Canvas | #FFFFFF | the page background |
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| Surface | #F3F3F3 | cards and raised areas |
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| Text | #181818 | primary text |
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| Accent | #00635D | buttons, links and focus |
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| Second accent | #FA604A | secondary emphasis |
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| Muted | #767676 | secondary text and captions |
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| Border | #D8D8D8 | dividers and outlines |
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How do I build a site that looks like Goodreads with AI?
Open the Prompt tab above, change its first line to what you are building, and paste it into Lovable, v0, Bolt, Claude Code or Cursor. For a whole project, install the Claude skill or the Cursor rule instead, so every screen keeps the style. Build something original: keep Goodreads's look, not its name, logo or copy.
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Read from goodreads.com's public CSS on 25 October 2026. Siteprint is not affiliated with Goodreads; names and trademarks belong to their owners.