Color palette for print
Blue and gold are the university’s official colors. Bright gold, cyan and magenta are the secondary colors that are used throughout the brand. White is used as a neutral and alternate background color to blue.
New brand campaign colors can be used in all marketing materials, including but not limited to: advertising, email campaigns, websites, flyers/brochures, billboards, pole banners, floor stickers, etc.
For legibility purposes, cyan should never be used for type when appearing on a white background, particularly when it comes to digital and web applications.
Blue and gold should be used for all official documents and adhere to the logo guidelines.
- Blue
CMYK: 100/87/42/52 (coated paper)
PMS: 282C (coated paper)
282U (uncoated paper) - Gold
CMYK: 26/46/100/6 (coated paper)
PMS: 125C (coated paper)
117U (uncoated paper)
- Magenta
CMYK: 5/92/0/0
PMS: Rhodamine Red - Cyan
CMYK: 70/0/13/0
PMS: 3115C - White
CMYK: 0/0/0/0
- Bright Gold
CMYK: 0/16/80/0
PMS: 1225C
Blue CMYK: 100/87/42/52 (coated paper) | Gold CMYK: 26/46/100/6 (coated paper) |
Magenta CMYK: 5/92/0/0 | Cyan CMYK: 70/0/13/0 |
White CMYK: 0/0/0/0 | Bright Gold CMYK: 0/16/80/0 |
Gradients
Only the gradients provided here should be implemented in the brand for consistency. Avoid orange being a prominent color in the bright gold to magenta gradient. Do not use a cyan to magenta gradient. Consider color contrast when using gradients.
Color palette for digital
In order to comply with web accessibility, shades of these colors can be used for digital properties. This applies to websites, eblasts, social media and videos.
Blue and gold are the university’s traditional colors. Bright gold, cyan and magenta are the secondary colors that are used throughout the brand.
IMPORTANT: When using text over any of these colors, the combinations must pass accessibility guidelines. Use this contrast checker to confirm if your combination passes or fails this criteria.
- Blue
HEX: #081E3F
RGB: 8/30/63 - Gold
HEX: #B6862C
RGB: 182/134/44 - Magenta
HEX: #CC0066
RGB: 204/0/102 - Cyan
HEX: #00FFFF
RGB: 0/255/255 - White
HEX: #FFFFFF
RGB: 255/255/255 - Bright Gold
HEX: #FFCC00
RGB: 255/204/0
Blue HEX: #081E3F | Gold HEX: #B6862C |
Magenta HEX: #CC0066 | Cyan HEX: #00FFFF |
White HEX: #FFFFFF | Bright Gold HEX: #FFCC00 |