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Manage Styles in Figma with Tokens Studio

If your team is working with Styles in Figma, you can use the Tokens Studio Plugin to attach Design Tokens to Styles (and Variables). This allows you to manage your Tokens and Styles in the same place, and easily sync your design decisions to a code repository.

Style Types as Token Types

You can select a Token Type below to learn more about it.

Figma Style Type
Token Type

Color Style

Effects Style

Guides on working with Styles

Select a card below to jump to a comprehensive guide on working with Styles, or scroll down to see the answers to frequently asked questions ↓.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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chevron-rightWhich Token Types match the different Style types?hashtag

Tokens Studio supports 23 unique Token Types and there is only 4 Style Types. Head to the Export to Figma (overview) guide which shows the relationships.

Supported Token Types

Manage Styles using Tokens Studio

chevron-rightI exported my Typography Tokens as Text Styles using the plugin, how can I get variables linked to the text properties of the styles in figma? hashtag

This workflow is covered in the comprehensive guide to creating Styles with Variable References.

Styles with Variable References

Create Design Tokens in the Plugin from Styles

chevron-rightI've imported styles with Variable values, why aren't the references in the Tokens created in Tokens Studio?hashtag

This is a known limitation of the Plugin.

You can still import them but any connection to Variables will need to be manually created. Head to the Import Styles guide for more details.

Import Styles from Figma

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