Queen's University at Kingston brand colors
Queen's University's brand page names Queen's Blue, Queen's Gold and Queen's Red as its tricolour, calling them the essence of the Queen's brand and designating them the primary colours, each with a Pantone reference, a CMYK build, an RGB triple and a hex.
Official site: queensu.ca
Palette image
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Every color
| Color | Role | Hex | RGB | HSL | Pantone | CMYK | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Blue | primary | #002452 | 0, 36, 82 | 214, 100%, 16% | 295 | 100/63/0/67 | Fill screen |
| Queen's Gold | secondary | #FABD0F | 250, 189, 15 | 44, 96%, 52% | 124 | 0/29/100/1 | Fill screen |
| Queen's Red | accent | #B90E31 | 185, 14, 49 | 348, 86%, 39% | 187 | -- | Fill screen |
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Contrast pairs
Queen's Blue passes AA for body text on white, at 15.3 to 1.
Of 20 ordered pairs in this palette, 10 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 14 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.
| Text color | Queen's Blue | Queen's Gold | Queen's Red | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Blue | 9.0Queen's Blue on Queen's Gold, passes AA for body text | 2.3Queen's Blue on Queen's Red, fails AA for body text | 15.3Queen's Blue on White, passes AA for body text | 1.4Queen's Blue on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| Queen's Gold | 9.0Queen's Gold on Queen's Blue, passes AA for body text | 3.9Queen's Gold on Queen's Red, fails AA for body text | 1.7Queen's Gold on White, fails AA for body text | 12.3Queen's Gold on Black, passes AA for body text | |
| Queen's Red | 2.3Queen's Red on Queen's Blue, fails AA for body text | 3.9Queen's Red on Queen's Gold, fails AA for body text | 6.6Queen's Red on White, passes AA for body text | 3.2Queen's Red on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| White | 15.3White on Queen's Blue, passes AA for body text | 1.7White on Queen's Gold, fails AA for body text | 6.6White on Queen's Red, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | |
| Black | 1.4Black on Queen's Blue, fails AA for body text | 12.3Black on Queen's Gold, passes AA for body text | 3.2Black on Queen's Red, fails AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text |
Sources
- Every color on this page: https://www.queensu.ca/brand-central/visual-identity/colours
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