---
version: alpha
name: The Verge
description: Light design system extracted from www.theverge.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#131313"
  on-surface-variant: "#4A4A4A"
  surface: "#F6F6F6"
  outline: "#E9E9E9"
  primary: "#5200FF"
  -1tsb0yesm: "#000000"
  -1tsb0ye4: "#636363"
  color-9: "#0000000D"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  background-dark: "#131313"
  on-surface-dark: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface-variant-dark: "#E9E9E9"
  surface-dark: "#222222"
  primary-dark: "#3CFFD0"
  outline-dark: "#313131"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Manuka
    fontSize: 90px
    fontWeight: 900
    lineHeight: 0.8
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Poly Sans
    fontSize: 24px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: 0.01em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Fk Roman Standard
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Poly Sans
    fontSize: 11px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
    letterSpacing: 0.1em
  mono-md:
    fontFamily: Poly Sans Mono
    fontSize: 11px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.182
    letterSpacing: 0.1em
rounded:
  sm: 2px
  md: 3px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 2px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 6px
  md: 8px
  lg: 10px
  xl: 12px
  2xl: 14px
  3xl: 15px
  4xl: 16px
  5xl: 18px
  6xl: 20px
  7xl: 21px
  8xl: 24px
  9xl: 30px
  container: 1100px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 10px
    height: 44px
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.-1tsb0yesm}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 10px
    height: 38.2px
---

# The Verge

> Extracted from [https://www.theverge.com/](https://www.theverge.com/) on 2026-11-12 by Emblematic. Every value below was read from the rendered DOM (computed styles, `document.fonts`, and the fonts Chrome actually used to paint text), not estimated from pixels. When the YAML front matter and this prose disagree, the YAML wins. Copy values from this file exactly; don't transcribe them from memory. Don't copy logos, imagery, illustrations or marketing copy.

## Overview

The Verge uses a light canvas (#FFFFFF) with a palette led by #5200FF. Type is set in **Poly Sans** (ui), **Fk Roman Standard**, **Manuka** (display), **Poly Sans Mono** (mono), with 16px body text. Layout: 1100px container, none-detected navigation, 4 sections. Built with next.js, wordpress, google-tag-manager, fastly.

## Colors

Area-weighted from painted backgrounds, text and borders on the 1440px light capture. Roles are inferred from usage (largest background, most text, interactive fills). Every hex is an exact computed value; a role marked *unverified* is a best guess that has not passed review, so its canonical token (e.g. `primary`) is left out of the front matter.

| Token | Hex | OKLCH | Role | Share of paint | CSS variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `background` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | bg | 80.3% | `--coral-sys-color-background` |
| `on-surface` | `#131313` | 0.187 0 0 | text | 8.6% | `--_1tsb0yer` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#4A4A4A` | 0.409 0 0 | muted | 5.3% | `--coral-sys-color-muted` |
| `surface` | `#F6F6F6` | 0.973 0 0 | surface | 2.3% | `--_1tsb0yek3` |
| `outline` | `#E9E9E9` | 0.934 0 0 | border | 0.95% | `--_1tsb0ye5` |
| `primary` | `#5200FF` | 0.487 0.297 279 | accent | 0.66% | `--coral-sys-color-primary` |
| `-1tsb0yesm` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | other | 0.97% | `--_1tsb0yesm` |
| `-1tsb0ye4` | `#636363` | 0.5 0 0 | other | 0.29% | `--_1tsb0ye4` |
| `color-9` | `#0000000D` (on bg `#F2F2F2`) | 0 0 0 | other | 0.23% | — |

Sparse chromatic highlights (not accents): `#EE0033` (`--_1tsb0yeb`), `#3CFFD0` (`--_1tsb0ye6`).

Contrast: text on background 18.58:1, muted text 8.86:1, accent 7.49:1.

Gradients in use: `linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.024), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 45%), linear-gradient(118deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0.5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0.5px), non`; `linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 45%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05))`.

The site responds to `prefers-color-scheme: dark`; the `-dark` tokens hold the dark-mode roles.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Poly Sans** (CSS: `polySans`) | ui | 300, 400, 500, 700 | 53.7% | webfont |
| **Fk Roman Standard** (CSS: `fkRomanStandard`) | body | 400 | 42.4% | webfont |
| **Manuka** (CSS: `manuka`) | display | 900 | 2.7% | webfont |
| **Poly Sans Mono** (CSS: `polySansMono`) | mono | 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 | 1.2% | webfont |

Scale (px): 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 31, 34. Effective ratio ≈ 1.134 (close to a major second). Body 16px at line-height 1.3; display 90px with tracking 0em. Headings are title case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 65px.

## Layout

Spacing has no reliable single base unit; the most used steps are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 30px. Sections open with about 251px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 1100px container on a 2-column grid. Text density 0.137 (text area / page area).

Section order (desktop). Kinds below the review threshold are shown as *section*:

1. **hero** (370px, bg #F6F6F6)
2. **section** — “Most Discussed” (15221px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** (2690px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **footer** (473px, bg #FFFFFF)

## Elevation & Depth

Style: subtle. Most used shadows:

- `rgb(82, 0, 255) 0px -1px 0px 0px inset`
- `rgb(19, 19, 19) 0px -1px 0px 0px inset`
- `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 3px 0px 20px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px -25px 40px 0px`

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 2px, 3px, pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#5200FF`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `9999px`, padding `10px 24px`, height `44px`, fontFamily `Poly Sans Mono`, fontSize `12px`, fontWeight `600` (e.g. “Latest”)
- **button-secondary**: backgroundColor `#000000`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `0px`, padding `10px 18px`, height `38.2px`, fontFamily `Poly Sans`, fontSize `14px`, fontWeight `400` (e.g. “Allow”)

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do reserve `#5200FF` for primary actions and highlights; it covers only 0.66% of the painted page.
- Do set body copy in Fk Roman Standard at 16px / 1.3.
- Do use Manuka only for display sizes, not for body text.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 900.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls, and use the larger radii only for cards and media.
- Don't copy this site's logos, illustrations, photography or copy; use the system, not the brand assets.

## Provenance

Spec v2, extractor 0.2.0. Render quality: **ok**. Vision pass: not run. Fields below confidence 0.7 are hedged or left out above: `color.accent_strategy`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.base`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.