![Style Guides, Part 1: Why Are They Important?](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5f7b7b2d0f26252e076488ed/60ba7f518d9245d70a1703d6_main.jpg)
Think of a style guide as being like a brand guide for a website. Your company has guidelines that describe its identity through the use of color choices, typographical rules, and logo treatments. Your website can also benefit from having a single source of truth that dictates what each element should look like and how they should be used to compose a web page.