Brand Guidelines

Our brand identity system is composed of 4 core elements. Logo, Color, Typography, and Composition. Reproduce those principles to increase our brand recognition across the audience journey.

Colors

We are Pink

Colors are a crucial expression resource that help drive identification and set the communication mood. You'll find the main principles of our color code below.

*For printed materials, it is mandatory to use CMYK codes*

  • RGB - 247 25 99
    CMYK - 0 100 45 0
    #F71963
    PMS - Rubine Red
  • RGB - 255 196 221
    CMYK - 0 35 0 0
    #FFC4DD
    PMS - 1765 U
  • RGB - 255 224 239
    CMYK - 0 20 0 0
    #FFE0EF
    PMS - 707 U
  • RGB - 255 243 246
    CMYK - 0 10 0 0
    #FFF3F6
    PMS - 705 U
  • RGB - 20 32 50
    CMYK - 90 80 50 60
    #142032
    PMS - 296 C
  • RGB - 94 110 130
    CMYK - 65 45 30 20
    #5E6E84
    PMS - 534 U
  • RGB - 161 170 183
    CMYK - 45 30 25 0
    #A1AAB7
    PMS - 7450 U
  • RGB - 231 233 238
    CMYK - 13 08 5 0
    #E7E9EE
    PMS - 5295 U
  • RGB - 248 247 252
    CMYK - 3 3 0 0
    #F8F7FC
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Primary color - Rebel Pink

Rebel Pink is our main color. It’s one of a kind and discloses our entire personality. We use it as our primary identifier, highlighting our rebel spirit and standing out in the tech market’s blue and green ocean of colors. If you look for awareness, Rebel Pink is the best choice.

Rebel Pink Pantone - Rubine Red
#f71963

Colors derived from Rebel Pink

Derived colors are resources that compensate for the visual impact of the master color, adding flexibility and lightness to our uses.

Soft Pink PANTONE - 705 U
#fff3f6
Yogurt Pink Pantone - 707 U
#ffe0ef
Bubble Gum Pink Pantone - 1765 U
#ffc4dd

Secondary color - Serious Black

Serious Black transmits exclusivity and refinement, bringing graphic weight to compositions, being applied in the background in moments of content deepening or highlighting a given piece of information. Avoid using this color in a major presence.

Serious Black PANTONE - 296 C
#142032

Colors derived from Serious Black

Derived colors are resources for compensating the main color’s visual impact, adding flexibility and lightness to our uses.

Winter Gray Pantone - 5295 U
#E7E9EE
Cool Gray Pantone - 7450 U
#a1a8b7
Serious Gray Pantone - 534 U
#5b6e84

Balance Color - Plain White/White Ice

Plain White and White Ice are meant to balance the Pink energy. They bring the clarity and accuracy of our expert positioning.

Plain White
#ffffff
White Ice
#f8f7fc

Text in colors

Using a single weight for the typeface, VTEX Trust Regular, (with some exceptions to body text weights, allowing bold and italics when necessary to stress a term or phrase), our system finds harmonization in the text composition by color principles. Check the variations below:

• Click on the colors and see how the texts are applied in different backgrounds.

Color crimes

We know that using and combining colors to achieve a harmonious result can be relative. However, to ensure consistency in our visual identity, always avoid the following examples:

Avoid low contrast between background and important information.
Avoid combining Serious Black and Rebel Pink as primary colors.
Do not use colors that do not belong to our visual identity.
Avoid using similar contrasts in the composition.

Sticky Notes

If your message's purpose is to raise awareness, you should probably use Rebel Pink and its variants.

We use Rebel Pink mainly when we want to create impact covers, ads, stands.

The colors derived from Rebel Pink, Plain White and White Ice are most commonly used in pieces with more content and which require a lighter composition.

Typography

VTEX Trust, our custom typeface family, is unique and easy to use, reflecting our brand spirit, beliefs and design principles. It has been carefully designed to meet our needs as a global technology company.


A single weight

We only use the Regular weight of the VTEX Trust typography. Use colors and the typographic scale to create visual hierarchy in titles, subheads, and body text. There are some exceptions to body text weights, allowing bold and italics when necessary to stress a term or phrase.


Scale

The scale creates size variations that maintain every piece with the right balance and refinement while making it easier to decide which size to use.

The system relies on the 1.5 scales (the perfect fifty) to ensure hierarchy and striking contrast between messages using only one font weight.

To access the type-scale generator, visit: type-scale.com.


Leading

The space between lines follows a logic of proportion:

For headings, the space between lines must be 100% the size of the typeface. Subheads must be 120% the size of the typeface. For the body text, the space between lines must be 150% the size of the typeface.


Alignment

Whenever possible, align the text to the left. It creates a precise vertical alignment between elements, adding legibility, organization, and clarity to our composition.


Distance-based baseline

Considering a proportion of 1.5 in-text scale, different base units have been assigned according to the media viewing distance. The assignment of bases allows minimum readability regarding the various contents and the different printed media dimensions.


Text in colors

Using a single weight for the typeface, VTEX Trust Regular, (with some exceptions to body text weights, allowing bold and italics when necessary to stress a term or phrase), our system finds harmonization in the text composition by color principles. Check the variations below:

• Click on the colors and see how the texts are applied in different backgrounds.

Typography Crimes

Pay attention to contrasts when using colors.
Never use fully capitalized text.
Never change the space between letters.
Never use unofficial typefaces.
Never use words in bold for titles.
Never align the text to the right.

Sticky Notes

Only use the regular weight of the VTEX Trust typography. Exceptions to body text weights, when necessary to stress a term.

Follow the typeface color rules to harmonize the piece.

Aim for contrast across typeface hierarchies.

Composition

Typography, colors, images and textures are elements that must follow a harmonious and coherent relationship in any context. For us, communication should prioritize clean graphics, respect for blank spaces, and invest in typeface size contrast.

To support this, all pieces must have a modular grid that allows the alignment of elements and information balance.


Grid

The grid is our primary reference while assembling a piece’s composition, being the transverse and constant element whenever applying the identity.

The columns' sizes follow a symmetrical proportion between themselves. In its turn, the canvas width determines the number of columns.
After specifying the number of columns, divide the column width in four or two equal parts — Usually four, for digital media and two for print media.


Grid Construction

Step-by-step on how to build your design grid.

Set the number of columns

Using even numbers, determine how many columns best fit your composition.

Set the margins

To create the margins, divide the width into equal parts. ¼ column width = margin.

Set the gutter

After setting the margins, divide the margin width into equal parts. 1/4 margin = gutter.

Apply the gutter

When adding the gutter, redistribute the guides to keep the column spacing equal.

Equalize the margins

Apply the margin to the top, bottom, left, and right of the composition.


Composition Guidance

When assembling the composition layout, start reinforcing the content distribution on the bottom, then the top, and fill the middle.


Composition Crimes

What not to do in the guidance composition.

Always have a grid to support the content and make reading easier.
Prioritize the composition by the top and bottom of your pieces, avoiding to concentrate the distribution on the center.
Avoid aligning texts on the right; prioritizing the alignment on the left.
Besides some websites' and slideshows cases, we avoid centralizing text in other instances, prioritizing the left alignment.

Sticky Notes

Prioritize clean graphics and put blank spaces to work.

Use the type hierarchy in your favor.

When assembling the composition, reinforce the top and bottom of your layout.