Colour

Our brand colours

Please find below guidance on what our brand colours are - and the rules that enable us to get the best from them.

Primary colours

Our key colours that represent our brand. The following details the colour values for various digital and print application. It is important that these colours are consistent.

Orange

RGB — 236 / 90 / 41
CMYK — 0 / 65 / 100 / 0
HEX — EC5A29
PMS — Orange 021 C

Blue

RGB — 0 / 24 / 86
CMYK — 100 / 90 / 13 / 71
HEX — 001856
PMS — 2768 C

Neutrals

This selection of colours provides depth and contrast for layouts and legibility. The use of white is very important in keeping communications clean and approachable - whilst also providing the contrast that gives our primary brand colours maximum impact.

Black

RGB — 0 / 0 / 0
CMYK — 0 / 0 / 0 / 100
HEX — 000000
PMS — Black C

Dark gray

RGB — 43 / 43 / 43
CMYK — 44 / 34 / 22 / 77
HEX — 2B2B2B
PMS — Cool Gray 11 C

Light gray

RGB — 245 / 245 / 242
CMYK — 4 / 2 / 4 / 8
HEX — F5F5F2
PMS — Cool Gray 1 C

White

RGB — 255 / 255 / 255
CMYK — 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
HEX — FFFFFF

Tints

To help with various outputs of the technology, we have various tints of the primary colours to represent a range from high to low, or within a heat map, hot to cold.

Orange Tint 1

RGB — 255 / 130 / 77
HEX — FF824D

Orange Tint 2

RGB — 255 / 192 / 166
HEX — FFC0A6

Orange Tint 3

RGB — 255 / 223 / 210
HEX — FFDFD2

Blue Tint 3

RGB — 232 / 233 / 238
HEX — E8E9EE

Blue Tint 2

RGB — 175 / 179 / 194
HEX — AFB3C2

Blue Tint 1

RGB — 93 / 102 / 133
HEX — 5D6685

Balance

To create the right tone for the brand, it is very important that colours are used proportionally and for the right purpose. The primary brand colours should be used in maximum impact areas - as well as key highlight colours on neutral backgrounds. Ensuring that white space allows for hierarchy and impact - and the neutral gray can allow for break up of sections whilst reading.

Accessibility

Here are the available colour options to ensure digital communications pass accessibility tests and allow all users to enjoy reading our copy, as well as being rearded by search engines.