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Colts colors

The Indianapolis Colts play in Indianapolis, Indiana, and use 2 registered colours: Speed Blue and Gray. Every value below is listed in hexadecimal, red green blue, hue saturation lightness, and approximate cyan magenta yellow black, with contrast results computed from the values themselves.

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.

Colour values

2 colours

Each swatch is rendered in CSS from the numeric value, not from a logo image. The figure on each chip is its contrast against white.

13.77:1

Speed Blue

primary

Hex#002C5F

Red green blue0, 44, 95

Hue saturation lightness212, 100%, 19%

Cyan magenta yellow black100, 54, 0, 63

2.36:1

Gray

secondary

Hex#A2AAAD

Red green blue162, 170, 173

Hue saturation lightness196, 6%, 66%

Cyan magenta yellow black6, 2, 0, 32

Which pairings carry text

4 pairings measured

Computed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines relative luminance formula. These decide whether a player name, a score or body copy stays readable.

Speed Blue on Gray

5.83:1 AA

Gray on Speed Blue

5.83:1 AA

Speed Blue on White

13.77:1 AAA

Gray on White

2.36:1 Fails

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Speed Blue on White at 13.77:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Gray on White at 2.36:1, which is not usable for text at any size.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Indianapolis Colts */
  --colts-speed-blue: #002C5F;
  --colts-gray: #A2AAAD;
}

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About the Indianapolis Colts palette

The Indianapolis Colts were founded in 1953 and compete in the American Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Speed Blue #002C5F, is a very dark, muted indigo.

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.

Within the Southern Division the Colts face Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.