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Boise State University brand colors

Boise State caps its secondary colours at twenty percent of any design and states plainly that they "may not be used as alternatives to the university's official colors". Three further secondaries are specified for print only and carry no screen value.

Official site: boisestate.edu

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
Blueprimary#0033A00, 51, 160221, 100%, 31%286 C100, 80, 0, 12Fill screen
Orangesecondary#D64309214, 67, 917, 92%, 44%172 C0, 80, 98, 0Fill screen
Pantone 2757 Caccent#001F600, 31, 96221, 100%, 19%2757 C--Fill screen
Pantone 307 Caccent#006BA60, 107, 166201, 100%, 33%307 C--Fill screen
Pantone 285 Caccent#0072CE0, 114, 206207, 100%, 40%285 C--Fill screen
Pantone 660 Caccent#40609864, 96, 152218, 41%, 42%660 C--Fill screen

3 further colors are named without a hex value. They are listed rather than dropped, and nothing is calculated to fill the gap.

  • Pantone 2995 C, Pantone 2995 C. Specified for print only, with no screen value published.
  • Pantone 1585 C, Pantone 1585 C. Specified for print only, with no screen value published.
  • Pantone 151 C, Pantone 151 C. Specified for print only, with no screen value published.

Contrast pairs

Blue passes AA for body text on white, at 10.6 to 1.

Of 56 ordered pairs in this palette, 16 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 26 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text colorBlueOrangePantone 2757 CPantone 307 CPantone 285 CPantone 660 CWhiteBlack
Blue2.4Blue on Orange, fails AA for body text1.4Blue on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text1.8Blue on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text2.2Blue on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text1.7Blue on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text10.6Blue on White, passes AA for body text2.0Blue on Black, fails AA for body text
Orange2.4Orange on Blue, fails AA for body text3.4Orange on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text1.3Orange on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text1.1Orange on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text1.4Orange on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text4.5Orange on White, passes AA for body text4.7Orange on Black, passes AA for body text
Pantone 2757 C1.4Pantone 2757 C on Blue, fails AA for body text3.4Pantone 2757 C on Orange, fails AA for body text2.7Pantone 2757 C on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text3.1Pantone 2757 C on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text2.5Pantone 2757 C on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text15.4Pantone 2757 C on White, passes AA for body text1.4Pantone 2757 C on Black, fails AA for body text
Pantone 307 C1.8Pantone 307 C on Blue, fails AA for body text1.3Pantone 307 C on Orange, fails AA for body text2.7Pantone 307 C on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text1.2Pantone 307 C on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text1.1Pantone 307 C on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text5.8Pantone 307 C on White, passes AA for body text3.6Pantone 307 C on Black, fails AA for body text
Pantone 285 C2.2Pantone 285 C on Blue, fails AA for body text1.1Pantone 285 C on Orange, fails AA for body text3.1Pantone 285 C on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text1.2Pantone 285 C on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text1.3Pantone 285 C on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text4.9Pantone 285 C on White, passes AA for body text4.3Pantone 285 C on Black, fails AA for body text
Pantone 660 C1.7Pantone 660 C on Blue, fails AA for body text1.4Pantone 660 C on Orange, fails AA for body text2.5Pantone 660 C on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text1.1Pantone 660 C on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text1.3Pantone 660 C on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text6.3Pantone 660 C on White, passes AA for body text3.3Pantone 660 C on Black, fails AA for body text
White10.6White on Blue, passes AA for body text4.5White on Orange, passes AA for body text15.4White on Pantone 2757 C, passes AA for body text5.8White on Pantone 307 C, passes AA for body text4.9White on Pantone 285 C, passes AA for body text6.3White on Pantone 660 C, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black2.0Black on Blue, fails AA for body text4.7Black on Orange, passes AA for body text1.4Black on Pantone 2757 C, fails AA for body text3.6Black on Pantone 307 C, fails AA for body text4.3Black on Pantone 285 C, fails AA for body text3.3Black on Pantone 660 C, fails AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

Sources

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