Travois Frontsign 2016

Brand Guidelines

Color Palette

Travois’ color palette is bright, joyful and energizing with a solid foundation of grays and black. Within a designed piece use only one or two primary/secondary colors at a time, paired with a gray or black. The wide array of Travois’ color palette allows room to play and for different materials to stand out. Using only one or two colors at at a time expresses joy, without it feeling chaotic or juvenile.

Color builds are provided in RGB for digital use, HEX for the web, and CMYK for print.

Primary Colors

Teal color swatch

Teal

RGB: R10 / G166 / B169
HEX: #0AA6A9
CMYK: C94 / M2 / Y0 / K34

Green color swatch

Green

RGB: R89 / G165 / B93
HEX: #59A55D
CMYK: C46 / M0 / Y44 / K35

Rectangle 81

Yellow

RGB: R255 / G224 / B51
HEX: #FFE033
CMYK: C0 / M12 / Y80 / K0

Rectangle 80

Bright Orange

RGB: R237 / G74/ B33
HEX: #ED4A21
CMYK: C0 / M69 / Y86 / K7

Rectangle 79

Magenta

RGB: R189 / G35 / B101
HEX: #BD2365
CMYK: C0 / M81 / Y47 / K26

Rectangle 78

Purple

RGB: R70 / G22 / B61
HEX: #46163D
CMYK: C0 / M69 / Y13 / K73

Primary Grays

Rectangle 71

Gray 1

RGB: R236 / G238 / B232
HEX: #ECEEE8
CMYK: C1 / M0 / Y3 / K7

Rectangle 72

Gray 2

RGB: R223 / G224 / B213
HEX: #DFE0D5
CMYK: C0 / M0 / Y5 / K12

Rectangle 73

Gray 3

RGB: R180 / G180 / B170
HEX: #B4B4AA
CMYK: C0 / M0 / Y6 / K29

Rectangle 74

Gray 4

RGB: R113 / G113 / B111
HEX: #71716F
CMYK: C0 / M0 / Y2 / K56

Rectangle 75

Gray 5

RGB: R81 / G82 / B81
HEX: #515251
CMYK: C1 / M0 / Y1 / K68

Rectangle 76

Black

RGB: R24 / G21/ B21
HEX: #181515
CMYK: C0 / M12 / Y12 / K91

Secondary Colors

Rectangle 83

Light Teal

RGB: R107 / G212 / B214
HEX: #6BD4D6
CMYK: C50 / M1 / Y0 / K16

Rectangle 88

Medium Teal*

RGB: R6 / G120 / B122
HEX: # 06787A

* For web/digital use whenever teal is paired with white text.

Rectangle 87

Dark Teal

RGB: R0 / G92 / B98
HEX: #005C62
CMYK: C100 / M6 / Y0 / K62

Rectangle 86

Light Green

RGB: R125 / G193 / B123
HEX: #7DC17B
CMYK: C35 / M0 / Y36 / K24

Rectangle 85

Dark Green

RGB: R51 / G117 / B65
HEX: #337541
CMYK: C56 / M0 / Y44 / K54

Dark Orange

Dark Orange

RGB: R203 / G58 / B27
HEX: #CB3A1B
CMYK: C0 / M71 / Y87 / K20

Color Pairings

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Color Pairings 14
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Web Accessibility Color Guidelines

Ensure that there’s sufficient contrast between the foreground and background of text and graphics (such as icons). The color combinations below meet the WCAG 2.1 – level AA accessibility requirements for text and graphics, according to WebAIM Contrast Checker. If a combination isn’t listed below, it should not be used. Some colors require text size to be large* in order to be accessible.

Normal = Color combination is good for normal-sized text (anything smaller than Large). When the Normal label is missing, normal-sized text cannot be used and only large-sized text is acceptable.

Large = Color combination is good for large text (at least 24px; OR at least 18.66px + bold)

Icon = Color combination is good for graphics (good contrast is only required for graphics that provide information or context, like a search icon)

On White Backgrounds

Black On White

Black

Gray4 On White

Gray 4

Gray5 On White

Gray 5

Medium Teal On White

Medium Teal

Dark Teal On White

Dark Teal

Dark Green On White

Dark Green

Dark Orange On White

Dark Orange

Magenta On White

Magenta

Purple On White

Purple

Green On White

Green

Orange On White

Orange

On Black Backgrounds

White On Black

White

Gray1 On Black

Gray 1

Gray2 On Black

Gray 2

Gray3 On Black

Gray 3

Light Teal On Black

Light Teal

Light Green On Black

Light Green

Teal On Black

Teal

Green On Black

Green

Yellow On Black

Yellow

Orange On Black

Orange

Magenta On Black

Magenta

Gray4 On Black

Gray 4

Medium Teal On Black

Medium Teal

Dark Green On Black

Dark Green

Dark Orange On Black

Dark Orange

On Gray 1 Backgrounds

Black On Gray1

Black

Gray5 On Gray1

Gray 5

Medium Teal On Gray1

Medium Teal

Dark Teal On Gray1

Dark Teal

Dark Green On Gray1

Dark Green

Magenta On Gray1

Magenta

Purple On Gray1

Purple

Gray4 On Gray1

Gray 4

Dark Orange On Gray1

Dark Orange

Orange On Gray1

Orange

On Gray 2 Backgrounds

Black On Gray2

Black

Gray5 On Gray2

Gray 5

Dark Teal On Gray2

Dark Teal

Purple On Gray2

Purple

Gray4 On Gray2

Gray 4

Medium Teal On Gray2

Medium Teal

Dark Green On Gray2

Dark Green

Dark Orange On Gray2

Dark Orange

Magenta On Gray2

Magenta

On Gray 3 Backgrounds

Black On Gray3

Black

Purple On Gray3

Purple

Gray5 On Gray3

Gray 5

Dark Teal On Gray3

Dark Teal

On Gray 4 Backgrounds

White On Gray4

White

Black On Gray4

Black

Gray1 On Gray4

Gray 1

Gray2 On Gray4

Gray 2

Yellow On Gray4

Yellow

On Gray 5 Backgrounds

White On Gray5

White

Gray1 On Gray5

Gray 1

Gray2 On Gray5

Gray 2

Yellow On Gray5

Yellow

Gray3 On Gray5

Gray 3

Light Teal On Gray5

Light Teal

Light Green On Gray5

Light Green

On Light Teal Backgrounds

Black On Light Teal

Black

Purple On Light Teal

Purple

Gray5 On Light Teal

Gray 5

Medium Teal On Light Teal

Medium Teal

Dark Teal On Light Teal

Dark Teal

Dark Green On Light Teal

Dark Green

Magenta On Light Teal

Magenta

On Teal Backgrounds

Black On Teal

Black

Purple On Teal

Purple

On Medium Teal Backgrounds

White On Medium Teal

White

Gray1 On Medium Teal

Gray 1

Black On Medium Teal

Black

Gray2 On Medium Teal

Gray 2

Light Teal On Medium Teal

Light Teal

Yellow On Medium Teal

Yellow

On Dark Teal Backgrounds

White On Dark Teal

White

Gray1 On Dark Teal

Gray 1

Gray2 On Dark Teal

Gray 2

Yellow On Dark Teal

Yellow

Gray3 On Dark Teal

Gray 3

Light Teal On Dark Teal

Light Teal

Light Green On Dark Teal

Light Green

On Light Green Backgrounds

Black On Light Green

Black

Purple On Light Green

Purple

Gray5 On Light Green

Gray 5

Dark Teal On Light Green

Dark Teal

On Green Backgrounds

Black On Green

Black

Purple On Green

Purple

White On Green

White

On Dark Green Backgrounds

White On Dark Green

White

Gray1 On Dark Green

Gray 1

Black On Dark Green

Black

Gray2 On Dark Green

Gray 2

Light Teal On Dark Green

Light Teal

Yellow On Dark Green

Yellow

On Orange Backgrounds

Black On Orange

Black

White On Orange

White

Gray1 On Orange

Gray 1

Purple On Orange

Purple

On Dark Orange Backgrounds

White On Dark Orange

White

Black On Dark Orange

Black

Gray1 On Dark Orange

Gray 1

Gray2 On Dark Orange

Gray 2

Yellow On Dark Orange

Yellow

On Yellow Backgrounds

Black On Yellow

Black

Gray5 On Yellow

Gray 5

Dark Teal On Yellow

Dark Teal

Purple On Yellow

Purple

Gray4 On Yellow

Gray 4

Medium Teal On Yellow

Medium Teal

Dark Green On Yellow

Dark Green

Dark Orange On Yellow

Dark Orange

Magenta On Yellow

Magenta

On Magenta Backgrounds

White On Magenta

White

Gray1 On Magenta

Gray 1

Black On Magenta

Black

Gray2 On Magenta

Gray 2

Light Teal On Magenta

Light Teal

Yellow On Magenta

Yellow

On Purple Backgrounds

White On Purple

White

Gray1 On Purple

Gray 1

Gray2 On Purple

Gray 2

Gray3 On Purple

Gray 3

Light Teal On Purple

Light Teal

Light Green On Purple

Light Green

Teal On Purple

Teal

Green On Purple

Green

Yellow On Purple

Yellow

Orange On Purple

Orange

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