Colour palette
Colour palette
The Concordia University colours are burgundy and gold. As the main university colour, burgundy should appear on materials in some capacity. It is up to each department to ensure that colours are accurate when output.
Burgundy
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #912338
- 145, 35, 56
- 0, 100, 60, 46
- 202
Magenta
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #DB0272
- 219, 2, 114
- 0, 100, 0, 0
- 219
Dark Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #004085
- 0, 64, 133
- 100, 75, 0, 25
- 288
Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #0072A8
- 0, 114, 168
- 100, 30, 0, 30
- 6125
Cyan
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #00ADEF
- 0, 173, 239
- 100, 0, 0, 0
- 639
Turquoise
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #057D78
- 5, 125, 120
- 100, 0, 50, 15
- 3282
Lime
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #8CC63E
- 140, 198, 62
- 50, 0, 100, 0
- 368
Green
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #508212
- 80, 130, 18
- 60, 0, 100, 35
- 370
Yellow
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #E5A712
- 229, 167, 18
- 0, 30, 100, 10
- 130
Mauve
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #573996
- 87, 57, 150
- 70, 80, 0, 0
- Violet
Gold
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #897334
- 137, 115, 52
- 0, 25, 50, 35
- 466
Orange
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #DA3A16
- 218, 58, 22
- 0, 80, 100, 0
- 1665
Rich Black
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
- PANTONE
- #000
- 0, 0, 0
- 70, 50, 30, 100
- Black 6C
Digital colour values
1. Primary colours
All are compliant AAA or AA; Compliant as a background colour with white text on top; Compliant as text on a white background.
Burgundy
- HEX
- RGB
- #912338
- 145, 35, 56
Magenta
- HEX
- RGB
- #DB0272
- 219, 2, 114
Orange
- HEX
- RGB
- #DA3A16
- 218, 58, 22
Mauve
- HEX
- RGB
- #573996
- 87, 57, 150
Dark Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- #004085
- 0, 64, 133
Blue
- HEX
- RGB
- #0072A8
- 0, 114, 168
Turquoise
- HEX
- RGB
- #057D78
- 5, 125, 120
Green
- HEX
- RGB
- #508212
- 80, 130, 18
2. Secondary colours
Compliant AAA when used with black text. Available only in the button and card component (use of black text on top of these colours is hard coded into the component).
Yellow
- HEX
- RGB
- #E5A712
- 229, 167, 18
Gold
- HEX
- RGB
- #CBB576
- 203, 181, 118
Cyan
- HEX
- RGB
- #00ADEF
- 0, 173, 239
Lime
- HEX
- RGB
- #8CC63E
- 140, 198, 62
3. Background tints
Can be used to create blocks of background colour on a web page to seperate and draw attention to content
Burgundy tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #E9D3D7
- 233, 211, 215
Magenta tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #FACDE3
- 250, 205, 227
Orange tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #F9CDC3
- 249, 205, 195
Mauve tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #DCD6E8
- 220, 214, 232
Dark Blue tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #B2C5DA
- 178, 197, 218
Blue tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #D3E1E9
- 211, 225, 233
Turquoise tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #CCE3E4
- 204, 227, 228
Green tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #DFECCF
- 223, 236, 207
Gold tint
- HEX
- RGB
- #E9E3D3
- 233, 227, 211
4. Neutrals
Grey options with accessibility options for text
Light Grey
- HEX
- RGB
- Compliance
- #F0F0F0
- 240, 240, 240
- Compliant with black text
Medium grey
- HEX
- RGB
- Compliance
- #C8C8C8
- 200, 200, 200
- Compliant with black text
Dark grey
- HEX
- RGB
- Compliance
- #6E6E6E
- 110, 110, 110
- Compliant AA
Very dark grey
- HEX
- RGB
- Compliance
- #2C2C2C
- 44, 44, 44
- Compliant AAA
Black
- HEX
- RGB
- Compliance
- #000
- 0, 0, 0
- Compliant AAA