Build a one-page brand board in your browser. Set your brand name, palette, and font pairing, then download a clean PNG style guide. Free, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your device.
4 of 6 colors. Keep 3 to 6 for a balanced palette.
100% in-browser. Your brand name, colors, and fonts are never uploaded to a server. The brand board is drawn on your own device, with no watermark.
A brand board is the starting point. These free CommonNinja widgets let you apply those colors and fonts across your actual website.
Show the logos of clients, partners, or press you have worked with, so your brand borrows their credibility the moment visitors land.
Collect every social profile into one clean, on-brand set of buttons, so you look consistent wherever people find you.
Turn customer quotes into a polished testimonials section styled with your colors and fonts, building trust on any page.
Give visitors a branded way to reach you. Match the colors from your kit and start collecting messages right away.
Other free tools to build and polish your brand.
Build balanced color palettes for your brand and export the hex codes in one click.
Use Tool βDesign a clean, simple logo for your brand and download it, no design skills needed.
Use Tool βLay out a professional business card with your brand colors and details in minutes.
Use Tool βTurn any image into a crisp favicon in every size browsers and devices expect.
Use Tool βHow It Works
No account, no sign-up, completely free. Everything is drawn in your browser, so your brand details are never uploaded to any server.
Type your brand name and a short tagline. They render live as a wordmark at the top of the board.
Add three to six palette colors and pick a heading and body font from the curated list. Every swatch shows its hex code.
Preview it live, then download a high-resolution PNG style guide with one click and share it with your team.
Why It Matters
A brand is not the logo alone. It is the feeling people get when they see the same colors, fonts, and voice again and again. A brand kit is what keeps all of that consistent.
consistent colors + consistent fonts = instant recognition
When your palette and typography stay the same across your site, your social posts, and your emails, people start to recognize you before they even read your name. That recognition is what a brand kit protects.
For a small business or creator, consistency is a shortcut to looking established. A coherent look signals that you take your work seriously, and it makes every new page or post feel like part of something bigger rather than a one-off.
A brand kit also saves time. Once your colors and fonts are decided and written down, you stop re-deciding them on every project. You, and anyone who works with you, just reach for the board and stay on brand without guessing.
The Essentials
A brand kit does not have to be huge. These are the core pieces that do most of the work, from the ones you cannot skip to the nice-to-haves.
| Element | What it is | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Logo and wordmark | Your primary logo plus a text-only version of your name | The single most recognizable mark, needed in headers, favicons, and social avatars Essential |
| Color palette | Three to six colors with their exact hex codes | Consistent color is what makes a brand feel like one brand across every page and post Essential |
| Typography | A heading font and a body font, with sizes | A fixed font pairing keeps every page readable and unmistakably yours Essential |
| Tagline | One short line that says what you do or stand for | Gives people the gist of your brand in a single glance Nice to have |
| Logo usage rules | Clear space, minimum size, and what not to do | Stops the logo from being stretched, recolored, or crowded by other elements Nice to have |
| Imagery style | The kind of photos, icons, or illustrations you use | Keeps visuals coherent so your feed and site read as a set, not a collage Nice to have |
Typography
A heading font and a body font are all most brands need. Here are pairings using web-safe fonts from this tool, so what you design is what people actually see.
| Heading font | Body font | The feel |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Arial | Classic and trustworthy, a safe editorial pairing that works almost anywhere |
| Helvetica | Georgia | Modern headline over a readable serif body, common in magazines and media |
| Trebuchet MS | Verdana | Friendly and rounded, easy to read on screens of any size |
| Palatino | Helvetica | Elegant and premium, a good fit for services, studios, and boutiques |
| Verdana | Georgia | High-clarity headings with a warmer body, strong for long-form pages |
| Courier New | Arial | Technical and distinctive, suits developer tools and product brands |
Pairings use web-safe font families so they render consistently across browsers and devices.
Troubleshooting
Almost every brand that feels scattered is tripping over one of these six. Most are about discipline, not design talent.
A palette of ten colors is not a palette, it is chaos. Pick a primary, one or two accents, and a couple of neutrals, then use them consistently.
Three to six colorsEvery new font you add costs you consistency. Two fonts, one for headings and one for body, cover almost every brand you will ever build.
Two fonts is plentyLight text on a light background looks refined on your screen and vanishes on everyone else. Check that your colors have real contrast before you commit.
Contrast keeps it readableNaming a color blue is not a spec. Save the exact hex code for every color so your site, your posts, and your print all match precisely.
Save the hex codesA brand builds recognition through repetition. Redesigning the look every month resets that memory and confuses the people you want to reach.
Consistency compoundsIf the kit lives only in your head, everyone guesses. A single board that anyone can open keeps a team, or future you, on the same page.
One shared boardBest Practices
All CommonNinja widgets mentioned below are free to start. Apply these while you build the board and as you carry it onto your site.
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Pick the single color that feels most like your brand, then build the rest of the palette around it. A clear anchor keeps the whole set coherent.
02
A confident heading font over a plain, readable body font is the backbone of most great brands. Resist adding a third font just because you can.
03
A brand color is only useful if it is the same everywhere. This board shows the hex for every swatch, so copy them straight into your site and posts.
04
Make sure your text color stands out from your background. Good contrast keeps your brand readable for everyone, not just on your own monitor.
05
Once your look is set, let visitors see who trusts you. A clean logo showcase in your brand colors adds instant credibility on any page.
Add Logo Showcase free β06
Style your customer quotes with the same colors and fonts as the rest of your brand, so social proof feels like a natural part of the site.
Add Testimonials free β07
Keep the brand board somewhere your whole team can reach it. When everyone works from the same reference, your brand stays consistent as you grow.
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A brand is the sum of every touchpoint: buttons, forms, social icons, and headings. Carry your palette and fonts into all of them for a look that holds together.
Glossary
Six terms that come up whenever you build a brand. Bookmark this if you are putting a kit together for yourself or a client.
From the Blog
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