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Revolut. White ink, pill buttons, one blue ribbon of color in an otherwise grayscale world.

  • Finance
  • Light theme
  • 8 colors
  • 2 typefaces

Revolut runs an editorial-monochrome banking language: the product UI is nearly entirely achromatic — white surfaces, #1f1f1f ink, hairline #c9c9cd dividers — and the entire color budget is outsourced to full-bleed sky photography that washes across hero sections. Aeonik Pro at weight 500 carries every display moment with aggressively tightened tracking (-0.024em at 88px), while Inter at 16px handles all UI density. Controls are exclusively pill-shaped (9999px) in four restrained variants, and the only chromatic element in the entire system is a single blue gradient reserved for the promotional bar. Surfaces prefer to float without shadows — edges do the work that elevation usually would.

Screenshot of Revolut
Captured from revolut.com on October 11, 2026

Revolut design system

Revolut

Brand1

  • Promotional bar gradient start. The single chromatic accent in the entire system — only ever appears as part of the blue gradient on top-of-page offer strips

Neutrals7

  • Button text on light surfaces, pure-black background blocks. Used where maximum contrast is required

  • Primary text, footer background, filled dark buttons. The near-black that carries all body and display copy

  • Tertiary body text, inline badge copy, and minor muted surfaces between true ink and slate

  • Neutral form states, badge text, and quiet UI feedback where color should stay understated.

  • Hairline borders, disabled dividers, and the dominant link color at 80 occurrences. The neutral that defines edge separation without shadow

  • List and grouped-background fills — the recessed surface beneath cards, tables, and secondary containers

  • Page canvas, card surfaces, button text on dark fills, button borders on light fills. The dominant surface color across all sections

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Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.

Aa

Bone on Pure Black

21.00 : 1 contrast

Background
Text
  • Body textPasses AA 4.5
  • Large textPasses AA 3
  • StrictPasses AAA 7

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