65 Best Showit Website Examples

John Siciliano
Has affiliate links Published 5/27/2025 Updated 8/16/2026

Showit gives you total freedom to place anything anywhere, which means there is no grid quietly making decisions look consistent. Most of the best Showit websites lead with a photograph front and center in the hero. That pattern held across the board when I ran every site here through Claude. Lock that hero photo in place and let the brand breathe around it, something you can test across the Showit examples below.

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Platform

Style

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Design Data

The colors, fonts, and layout choices used across 65 Showit websites.

45px Headline size median across 27 sites
6 Navigation links median across 54 sites

Background color

How dark or light the page background is (background luminance).

  • White / near white 61.5% (40)
  • Light 21.5% (14)
  • Mid-tone 9.2% (6)
  • Dark 4.6% (3)
  • Black / near black 3.1% (2)

Accent color

The color of each site's primary button, measured from its code (accent hue family).

  • Black, white & gray 44.1% (26)
  • Amber / orange 25.4% (15)
  • Pink 10.2% (6)
  • Red 10.2% (6)
  • Blue 3.4% (2)
  • Lime 3.4% (2)
  • Teal / cyan 3.4% (2)

Hero layout

How the top section arranges its headline and imagery.

  • Text over a full-width image 28.8% (17)
  • Text left, image right 23.7% (14)
  • Image left, text right 18.6% (11)
  • Asymmetric 16.9% (10)
  • Centered text 8.5% (5)

Hero imagery

The kind of visual the top section leads with.

  • Photography 95.4% (62)
  • Illustration 1.5% (1)
  • Product screenshot 1.5% (1)
  • 3D artwork 1.5% (1)

Font combination

How heading and body typefaces pair (serif vs. sans-serif).

  • Serif headings, sans-serif body 66.7% (18)
  • All serif 33.3% (9)

Color intensity

How colorful the palette is, from black-and-white to bold color (saturation).

  • Soft, muted color 61.5% (40)
  • Black & white 24.6% (16)
  • Bold, vivid color 13.8% (9)

Dark mode support

Sites whose code adapts to the visitor's light/dark preference (prefers-color-scheme).

  • Yes 0% (0)
  • No 100% (29)

Most-used fonts

The typeface each site leads with, read from its live CSS.

  • Perfectly Nineties 3.7% (1)
  • Orpheus Pro 3.7% (1)
  • TT Trailers Bold 3.7% (1)
  • Open Sauce Sans Black 3.7% (1)
  • Coolvetica 3.7% (1)

Percentages are the share of sites where each trait could be measured, with counts in parentheses. Last updated August 2026.

Best Showit website examples run on serif body text, not sans

Sixty-nine of a hundred body-copy assignments in the wider gallery lean sans-serif, but this page inverts that: 60.9% of measured Showit sites set body copy in a serif, against just 7.5% gallery-wide. That is thirty-nine of sixty-four sites choosing a serif for paragraphs, not just headings. Kay Marie PhotosWedding photography website — organic, editorial, serif-based design in olive, charcoal, and white. "Wedding and elopement photographer based in Northern Michigan and available for travel worldwide" and The Creative VA SchoolCreative virtual assistant education website — bright, airy, feminine minimalist design in teal and charcoal. "Confidently start your successful creative virtual assistant business, without the overwhelm and that 'what do I do next?!' feeling." both pair serif headings with the same serif register in body text, and Jo’s Photography and Kara Powers PhotographyLuxury portrait photography website — soft, feminine, elegant design in warm whites, blush, and gold. "Luxury Motherhood Photographer based in Richmond, Virginia" carry Cormorant-family serifs straight through the page. For a photography or personal-brand site built on Showit, a serif body reads as the default voice of the niche, not a stylistic flourish. Anyone designing here should expect a serif to feel more native than a geometric sans, which is why the fontPairing split (66.7% serif+sans versus 33.3% serif+serif) still keeps a serif somewhere in nearly every pairing.

Hero images are almost universal, and the split-right layout is a real alternative

Photography dominates the hero slot at 95.4% here, compared with 64.1% across the gallery, meaning sixty-two of sixty-five sites open on a full photographic image rather than illustration, mockups, or 3D. This is a portfolio-driven medium: Nicole Byrne PhotographyProfessional photography website — warm, approachable brand design in navy, gold, and cream. "Your Business Or Portrait Session In Every Image", Kamryn Nichols PhotographyBoutique senior portrait photography website — warm, feminine serif and script typography design in peach, golden, and cream. "Let's Capture Your Golden Moments", and Lauren SowaSophisticated, minimalist entertainment industry portfolio website with condensed bold typography in black and white. "LAUREN SOWA" all lead with photography-led heroes, and even a non-photographer like Barge CreativeBoutique graphic design and branding studio website — playful, confident serif and script typography in green, white, and orange. "Become the *clear winner* in your super-crowded industry, with *design.*" is the outlier running a product-screenshot hero instead. Within that photographic default, hero arrangement still varies, and split_copy_right stands out as a differentiator: 18.6% of measured heroes use it here against 4.4% gallery-wide, eleven of fifty-nine sites choosing to push copy to the right rather than the more common left-aligned split (23.7%) or full-bleed overlay (28.8%). A designer building a Showit site who wants to break from the left-aligned norm has real precedent for flipping the copy to the right rather than treating it as unconventional.

White backgrounds and muted color carry the palette story

Background luminance skews heavily toward near_white at 61.5%, and saturation profile follows the same logic: muted leads at 61.5%, with monochrome close behind at 24.6% and vibrant a distant 13.8%. Sites like Photography by Gerri AnnaWarm, feminine portrait photography website with handwritten and serif typography in terracotta, peach, and cream. "Capturing Love & Connections", Kimberlin Gray PhotographyNewborn and family photography website — soft, feminine, editorial design in teal and coral. "For parents that are obsessed with every little detail.", and Alison J PrinceOnline business coaching website — clean, feminine serif typography in navy, coral, and yellow. "Start selling online in less than a week." all sit on white with muted palettes, while Lindsay Sullivan SkincareSkincare clinic website — clean, feminine, clinical-yet-warm serif and sans-serif typography in cream, sage, and teal. "Helping you achieve & maintain *clear skin*" and Heather Wilde VAVirtual business support services website — elegant, feminine serif typography design in navy, coral, and cream. "Elevate your business with expert remote support" show that strict black-and-white treatments are just as viable a route. Vivid color, as seen on Kamryn Nichols PhotographyBoutique senior portrait photography website — warm, feminine serif and script typography design in peach, golden, and cream. "Let's Capture Your Golden Moments" and Monica Bee PhotographyFamily photography website — warm, playful, editorial design in peach, orange, and green. "NEBRASKA FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER", remains a minority move. For Showit website design, calm, restrained color paired with serif type is the load-bearing combination, and dark mode support measured at zero confirms that these are light, print-inspired canvases rather than adaptive interfaces.