Cursor brand system audit
Cursor runs a pill geometry on a dark carbon canvas, set in CursorGothic. 6 of 8 contrast pairings pass WCAG 2.1 AA and the homepage scores 96/100 for technical SEO.
3 dimensions
- Brand consistency
- 100
- WCAG 2.1 contrast
- 75
- SEO readiness
- 96
01Brand palette
consistency 100/10002Typography
Body copy set in the brand’s text face, at reading size and comfortable measure.
- Headings
- CursorGothic
- previewed with Inter
- Body
- CursorGothic
- previewed with Inter
- Mono / data
- Berkeley Mono
- previewed with JetBrains Mono
03UI vibe & geometry
- Radius style
- Pill · 16 px+
- Controls
- pill (9999px)
- Cards
- 12px
- Surface
- Dark carbon · #14120B / #1B1913 / #2B2923
04WCAG 2.1 contrast
6/8 AA · 4/8 AAA| Pairing | Colors | Ratio | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AaBody text on surface | #EDECEC / #14120B | 15.89:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaSecondary text on surface | #9A9AA0 / #14120B | 6.69:1 | Pass | Fail |
| AaButton label on primary | #111113 / #EDECEC | 16.00:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaAccent on surface | #F54E00 / #14120B | 5.33:1 | Pass | Fail |
| AaSecondary on surface | #26251E / #14120B | 1.22:1 | Fail | Fail |
| AaWhite on secondary | #FFFFFF / #26251E | 15.38:1 | Pass | Pass |
| AaBody text on white | #EDECEC / #FFFFFF | 1.18:1 | Fail | Fail |
| AaDark mode: text on canvas | #F5F5F7 / #121214 | 17.18:1 | Pass | Pass |
05SEO readiness
13 of 14 checks pass- passTitle tag56 chars: “AI Coding Agent for Building Ambitious Software | Cursor”
- passMeta description129 chars
- warnSingle H1 heading2 H1 element(s)
- passCanonical URLhttps://cursor.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)Organization, WebSite
- passHTTPSServed over HTTPS
- passIndexable (robots meta)No robots restrictions
- passXML sitemap628 URLs · https://cursor.com/sitemap_index.xml
- passFavicon / touch iconIcon link present
- passImage alt text100% of 52 images
cursor.com brand audit FAQ
What are Cursor's brand colors?
Cursor uses #EDECEC as its primary color, #26251E as secondary and #F54E00 as accent, on a #14120B surface with #EDECEC text (snapshot from 11 Nov 2026).
Which fonts does cursor.com use?
Headings and body text are set in CursorGothic (free stand-in: Inter). Proprietary faces are paired with the closest free Google Fonts family for documents and previews.
Does cursor.com pass WCAG contrast checks?
6 of 8 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 cursor.com's technical SEO score?
The homepage scores 96/100 across 14 technical SEO checks, with 13 passing: title, meta description, H1, canonical, Open Graph, structured data, sitemap, HTTPS and image alt text among them.
How was this Cursor audit made?
SuiteAnvil StyleExtract read the public homepage of cursor.com, its CSS, logo, metadata and sitemap. Run the same audit on any URL for free and export the PDF report or Tailwind v4 tokens.
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The full report adds prioritized findings, the tonal scale, dark-mode tokens and a developer appendix with Tailwind v4, CSS variables, .cursorrules and DESIGN.md.
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