Using Bath Spa colours

The neutral primary palette should make up about 80% of the colour on the page, with our brighter secondary colours used to highlight important information and calls to action.

Using tints of the colours and use of white space is encouraged to create dynamic and well-structured communications.

Primary palette

Do not use gradients Do not use gradients

Slate Blue
PMS 533
CMYK 92/80/43/40
RGB 34/49/78
HEX #22314E

    
     

Limestone
PMS 7529
CMYK 26/26/33/0
RGB 190/178/166
HEX #BEB2A6

50%
CMYK 11/12/14/0
RGB 223/216/210
HEX #DFD8D2

25%
CMYK 5/5/6/0
RGB 239/236/233
HEX #EFECE9
     

Granite
PMS Warm Grey 11
CMYK 0/14/26/58
RGB 109/94/81
HEX #6D5E51

50%
CMYK 30/27/30/0
RGB 182/174/168
HEX #B6AEA8

25%
CMYK 13/11/14/0
RGB 218/215/211
HEX #DAD7D3
     

Sandstone
PMS 1245
CMYK 22/41/100/2
RGB 199/147/22
HEX #C79316

50%
CMYK 12/18/53/0
RGB 227/201/138
HEX #E3C98A

25%
CMYK 5/8/24/0
RGB 241/228/197
HEX #F1E4C5

 
     

Marble
PMS 433
CMYK 80/69/58/68
RGB 27/35/42
HEX #1B232A

50%
CMYK 47/37/36/2
RGB 141/145/148
HEX #8D9194

25%
CMYK 22/16/16/0
RGB 198/200/202
HEX #C6C8CA

Secondary palette

   
Burgundy
PMS 216
CMYK 39/95/51/29
RGB 127/35/71
HEX #7F2347 		 50%
CMYK 26/47/22/0
RGB 191/145/163
HEX #BF91A3 
   
Pink
PMS 214
CMYK 15/100/42/1
RGB 207/3/96
HEX #CF0360 		 50%
CMYK 5/62/3/0
RGB 231/129/175
HEX #E781AF 
   
Lime
PMS 368
CMYK 64/0/100/0
RGB 102/188/41
HEX #66BC29 		 50%
CMYK 32/0/54/0
RGB 178/222/148
HEX #B2DE94 
   
Green
PMS 3405
CMYK 100/0/83/0
RGB 0/173/104
HEX #00AD68 		 50%
CMYK 48/0/39/0
RGB 127/214/179
HEX #7FD6B3 
   
Blue
PMS 639
CMYK 100/17/9/0
RGB 0/152/205
HEX #0098CD 		 50%
CMYK 46/3/6/0
RGB 128/203/230
HEX #7FCBE6 
   
Yellow
PMS 129
CMYK 4/16/84/0
RGB 245/207/71
HEX #F5CF47 		 50%
CMYK 3/6/43/0
RGB 250/231/163
HEX #FAE7A3 
Block of colour
 Block of colour 
Orange
PMS 1595 C
CMYK 0, 58, 85, 5
RGB 242, 101, 36
HEX #F26524		 Purple
PMS 91-15 C
CMYK 13, 53, 0, 45
RGB 122, 66, 141
HEX #7A428D
Block of colour
 Block of colour
Teal
PMS 7477 C
CMYK 66, 16, 0, 63
RGB 32, 80, 95
HEX #20505F		 Mustard
PMS 5-6 C
CMYK 0, 10, 64, 16
RGB 213, 191, 77
HEX #D5BF4D
Block of colour
  
Red
PMS 193 C
CMYK 0, 90, 69, 25
RGB 192, 20, 60
HEX #C0143C		  

Colour code notes

PMS (Pantone Colour Matching System) is a standardized colour reproduction system. These colours are the master reference, which technicians use to ensure that their printers have produced the correct colour on a printed page. The numbers refer to the coated versions of the colour, as opposed to uncoated versions. The other colour types listed below are derived from this master reference.

CMYK is a subtractive colour model in which cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) inks are combined in varying levels to produce a broad array of colours in colour printing.

RGB is an additive colour model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in varying levels to reproduce a broad array of colours on a computer monitor or TV screen.

HEX (web colours) are colours used in designing web pages. A colour is specified according to the intensity of its red, green and blue components (arranged #RRGGBB), each represented by eight bits. Thus, there are 24 bits used to specify a web colour, and 16,777,216 colours that may be so specified. One byte represents a number in the range 00 to FF (in hexadecimal notation), or 0 to 255 in decimal notation. A value of #000000 is black, and #FFFFFF is white.