Villanova University brand colors
Villanova's gold is a metallic, Pantone 871, published with a flat equivalent for everything that cannot carry metallic ink. Its athletic light blue is capped at ten percent of any design and given as a Pantone reference with no hex.
Official site: villanova.edu
Every color
| Color | Role | Hex | RGB | HSL | Pantone | CMYK | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova Signature Blue | primary | #002664 | 0, 38, 100 | 217, 100%, 20% | 281 | 100, 85, 5, 36 | Fill screen |
| Metallic Gold | secondary | #847248 | 132, 114, 72 | 42, 29%, 40% | 871 | 44, 46, 78, 19 | Fill screen |
| Pantone 8003 | accent | #867A6E | 134, 122, 110 | 30, 10%, 48% | 8003 | -- | Fill screen |
One further color is named without a hex value. It is listed rather than dropped, and nothing is calculated to fill the gap.
- Athletic Light Blue, Pantone 298. Published as a Pantone reference only, restricted to at most 10% of any design.
Contrast pairs
Villanova Signature Blue passes AA for body text on white, at 14.4 to 1.
Of 20 ordered pairs in this palette, 8 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 color | Villanova Signature Blue | Metallic Gold | Pantone 8003 | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova Signature Blue | 3.1Villanova Signature Blue on Metallic Gold, fails AA for body text | 3.4Villanova Signature Blue on Pantone 8003, fails AA for body text | 14.4Villanova Signature Blue on White, passes AA for body text | 1.5Villanova Signature Blue on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| Metallic Gold | 3.1Metallic Gold on Villanova Signature Blue, fails AA for body text | 1.1Metallic Gold on Pantone 8003, fails AA for body text | 4.7Metallic Gold on White, passes AA for body text | 4.5Metallic Gold on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| Pantone 8003 | 3.4Pantone 8003 on Villanova Signature Blue, fails AA for body text | 1.1Pantone 8003 on Metallic Gold, fails AA for body text | 4.2Pantone 8003 on White, fails AA for body text | 5.0Pantone 8003 on Black, passes AA for body text | |
| White | 14.4White on Villanova Signature Blue, passes AA for body text | 4.7White on Metallic Gold, passes AA for body text | 4.2White on Pantone 8003, fails AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | |
| Black | 1.5Black on Villanova Signature Blue, fails AA for body text | 4.5Black on Metallic Gold, fails AA for body text | 5.0Black on Pantone 8003, passes AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text |
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