Colour comparison

Cowboys vs Rams colors

Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams and their primary colours sit 1.00:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 0.0. Every cross-team pairing is measured below.

These values are not yet verified

The colour values on this page are illustrative placeholders used while the site is being built. Each one must be traced to the team's own published brand assets and dated before it is presented as fact — see the method page. Do not use these figures for print or production yet.

Cowboys vs Rams

Severe clash
Colour difference
ΔE 0.0
Lightness contrast
1.00:1

The same two colours in greyscale — what a monochrome feed, and a viewer with colour vision deficiency, has to work with.

The two palettes

Dallas Cowboys National Football League
Royal Blue #003594
Silver #869397
Navy #041E42

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Los Angeles Rams National Football League
Rams Royal #003594
Sol #FFA300

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Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Cowboys colour against every Rams colour
Cowboys colour #003594 #FFA300
#003594 1.00:1 Fails 5.42:1 AA
#869397 3.43:1 Large text only 1.58:1 Fails
#041E42 1.53:1 Fails 8.26:1 AAA
Cowboys on Rams
Strongest pairing

Navy on Sol is the highest-contrast combination across the two palettes. Use it for anything carrying text.

8.26:1 AAA
Cowboys on Rams
Weakest pairing

Royal Blue on Rams Royal is the lowest-contrast combination, and the one a designer reaches for by accident when both teams want their signature colour.

1.00:1 Fails

What the verdict means

A colour clash takes two measurements, not one. Perceptual difference says how far apart two colours look to the eye with hue included; lightness contrast says what survives when colour is removed. Judged on lightness alone, a navy and a purple can score identically to navy against itself, which is plainly wrong. Judged on hue alone, two colours that separate clearly in colour can merge completely in a monochrome broadcast.

For Cowboys and Rams the two figures are ΔE 0.0 and 1.00:1, which together give a verdict of severe clash. The two primaries are perceptually close enough that they would read as one team wherever they meet.

The National Football League divides its thirty-two teams between two conferences, and uniform colour is regulated more tightly here than in any other major league: a team must register its colours with the league, and opposing teams are required to wear contrasting jerseys so that broadcast audiences can tell them apart.

Design with either palette

Take Cowboys or Rams colours into the design studio, add your own artwork, and check the result for print problems before committing to a run.

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Every other Rams comparison

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