Buccaneers colors
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in Tampa, Florida, and use 3 registered colours: Buccaneer Red, Pewter and Bay Orange. 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
3 coloursEach swatch is rendered in CSS from the numeric value, not from a logo image. The figure on each chip is its contrast against white.
Which pairings carry text
9 pairings measuredComputed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines relative luminance formula. These decide whether a player name, a score or body copy stays readable.
Strongest and weakest combination
The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Pewter on White at 13.09:1 — use it for anything carrying text.
The weakest is Buccaneer Red on Bay Orange at 2.06:1, which is not usable for text at any size.
Copy-ready values
:root {
/* Tampa Bay Buccaneers */
--buccaneers-buccaneer-red: #D50A0A;
--buccaneers-pewter: #34302B;
--buccaneers-bay-orange: #FF7900;
}
Put these colours on a shirt
Open the design studio with the Buccaneers palette loaded. Add your own artwork and type, then check the design for print problems — ink count, resolution, stroke weight and contrast against the fabric.
About the Tampa Bay Buccaneers palette
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were founded in 1976 and compete in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Buccaneer Red #D50A0A, is a mid-tone, strongly saturated orange-red.
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 Buccaneers face Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.
Southern Division rivals
3 teamsEach link opens a full side-by-side colour comparison.