Head of Taste.

No. 06= of 98 The Taste Index Edition 01

Crawled 4 October 2026

Poolside

poolside.aiVisit site (opens in a new tab)

Taste Score

82

out of 100

Rank 6, shared of 98

Verdict

A left sidebar runs down an off-white page. The model and blog cards are mostly empty space.

Poolside homepage, first screen on a desktop (opens in a new tab)
Fig. 1 Desktop, 1440 × 900.
Poolside homepage, first screen on a phone (opens in a new tab)
Fig. 2 Phone, 390 × 844.

01Categories

Each category is scored out of 100 and carries the weight shown. How the score works

  1. Typography

    The typefaces and how they pair, the size steps from headline to body text, and the length and spacing of lines.

    Weight 20%

    82 out of 100

  2. Colour

    How many colours, what the accent marks, and whether text reads against its background.

    Weight 12%

    88 out of 100

  3. Layout and spacing

    The grid, how edges line up, the gaps between blocks, and what you read first.

    Weight 20%

    76 out of 100

  4. Imagery and polish

    The images and icons, whether buttons and cards match, and anything broken or cut off.

    Weight 15%

    80 out of 100

  5. Distinctiveness

    Whether the page looks like its own work or like a template. Originality counts only when it is well made.

    Weight 13%

    80 out of 100

  6. Mobile

    The phone layout: text size, tap target size, and anything cramped or running off the screen.

    Weight 12%

    84 out of 100

  7. Performance

    How fast the main content appears, how much the page shifts while it loads, and how heavy it is.

    Weight 8%

    98 out of 100

02Judge’s notes

The judge works from the screenshots and never learns whose page it is. We edit its notes into plain English.

Strengths

  1. 01Blue and violet mark model badges, buttons and pixel cubes.
  2. 02Line drawings of an umbrella and puzzle fill the cards.
  3. 03Section headings turn from black to grey mid-sentence.

Improvements

  1. 01The hero’s Get started button has a long, cluttered label.
  2. 02The lower sections have no large picture.

03Measured

Read from the desktop page in the browser.

Typefaces
  • Untitled Sans

Font families that set at least 3% of the text.

Palette
  • #fbfaf6
  • #6f6d69
  • #000000
  • #e3e1d8
  • #4337ff

The most-used neutrals, then the most-used colours, from text, backgrounds and borders.

Contrast

100%

of measured text passes WCAG AA

Largest paint

0.41 s

until the main content appears, on one cold load

Page weight

1.7 MB

transferred on that load

04Tasteful badge

Homepages that score 80 or more get the Tasteful badge. Paste the HTML into your site. The badge links to this page and changes with each edition.

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