Raleway – Coming Soon Template
Last Updated on July 12, 2026 by Editorial Team
Raleway is a free and fully customizable coming soon template designed by Johnny Martinez.
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What makes this coming soon template work is restraint. The dark, near-black background does most of the heavy lifting, letting a single mint green accent carry the countdown numbers, the “working hard” callout, and the wordmark itself.
That contrast is the whole trick of a good pre-launch page: it draws the eye to exactly two things, the timer and the email field, without any competing color or clutter.
The faint illustrated portrait sitting behind the text adds texture without pulling focus, since it is muted almost to a silhouette against the black panel.
This is the kind of layout you reach for when a product, agency, or personal brand needs a holding page up fast, one that signals “something is coming” rather than “under construction.”
It suits SaaS launches, portfolio relaunches, app waitlists, event teasers, or any project where you want visitors to leave an email address instead of bouncing off a blank domain.
The countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds) gives the page urgency, while the small social icons and the plain-language subhead keep the tone approachable rather than corporate.
Making It Match Your Brand
The template is built around a simple formula: dark canvas, one accent color, one display font for the wordmark.
Swapping the mint green for your own brand color is the fastest way to make this feel custom, since that single hue touches the logo, the countdown digits, and the highlighted word in the tagline.
If you want a lighter or more colorful mood, you can invert the background to white or a soft tint and adjust the text colors for contrast, though the moodier dark version reads especially well for tech and creative studio launches.
Replace the background artwork with your own product shot, hero illustration, or brand photography, keeping it subdued or semi-transparent so the copy and countdown stay readable on top.
Update the headline copy to something specific to your launch rather than generic placeholder text, since a coming soon page converts better when it tells visitors what they’re actually waiting for.
Finally, connect the email field to whatever mailing list tool you’re using so the signup actually captures leads, and double check the countdown target date before the page goes live.
Pair this page with matching email confirmation copy and a simple thank-you state after signup, so the experience feels finished rather than stopping abruptly at the subscribe button.
If your brand already has a style guide, pull the font pairing and spacing logic from this template’s clean, generously spaced layout rather than trying to cram in extra sections. A coming soon page earns its keep by staying simple.
