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United Nations brand colors

The UN's brand identity quick guide states UN Blue in Pantone, CMYK, RGB and hex, with 100 percent black and 100 percent white as the only other colors. The guide is two pages: the logos, the colours, the font.

Official site: un.org

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United Nations brand colors: UN Blue #009EDB, Black #000000, White #FFFFFF

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
UN Blueprimary#009EDB0, 158, 219197, 100%, 43%292580/20/0/0Fill screen
Blacktext#0000000, 0, 00, 0%, 0%--0/0/0/100Fill screen
Whitebackground#FFFFFF255, 255, 2550, 0%, 100%--0/0/0/0Fill screen

Contrast pairs

UN Blue passes AA for body text on black, at 6.9 to 1.

Of 16 ordered pairs in this palette, 12 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 16 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text colorUN BlueBlackWhiteWhiteBlack
UN Blue6.9UN Blue on Black, passes AA for body text3.0UN Blue on White, fails AA for body text3.0UN Blue on White, fails AA for body text6.9UN Blue on Black, passes AA for body text
Black6.9Black on UN Blue, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text
White3.0White on UN Blue, fails AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
White3.0White on UN Blue, fails AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black6.9Black on UN Blue, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

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