Official Colors

Color Palette

The Minnesota State Mankato color palette unifies our communications and is a powerful tool for building brand recognition. Purple and gold are our heritage colors and should be prominent in all communication pieces. When the piece allows only one color (or two, together with black), choose purple. Our official purple and gold may also be used as screens in one- or two-color pieces. To ensure consistent colors when using process colors for full-color printing, use the CMYK equivalents listed in this document for color definitions.

	Purple Pantone 269 C: 78, M: 100, Y: 0, K: 33 RGB: 63, 0, 88 Hex: #480059
	Gold Pantone 109 C: 0, M: 10, Y: 100, K: 0 RGB: 241, 228, 5 Hex: #F7E400

Secondary Color Palette

The additional colors, neutrals and metallics in our palette were chosen to compliment our heritage colors and for the strength and tradition they convey in combination with purple and gold. When used primarily in the order they appear (red as the first choice secondary color, etc.), the combinations are unique among institutions in the Minnesota State System. Many System institutions use blue and green as primary or dominant-secondary colors; our emphasis on purple and gold, with minimal use of blue and green as secondary colors, helps differentiate us.

Red Pantone® 1805 C: 0, M: 91, Y: 100, K: 23 RGB: 161, 45, 22 Hex: #BB270E	Orange Pantone® 167 C: 0, M: 60, Y: 100, K: 17 RGB: 186, 122, 23 Hex: #CF7A00	Gold Pantone® 4405 C: 0, M: 15, Y: 78, K: 36 RGB: 175, 160, 68 Hex: #B6A238	Green Pantone® 378 C: 34, M: 0, Y: 100, K: 60 RGB: 93, 109, 12 Hex: #566D00
Green (2) Pantone® 357 C: 80, M: 0, Y: 100, K: 56 RGB: 45, 93, 29 Hex: #005D0D	Light Blue Pantone® 5415 C: 42, M: 8, Y: 0, K: 40 RGB: 122, 140, 161 Hex: #738DA4	Dark Blue Pantone® 648 C: 100, M: 62, Y: 0, K: 52 RGB: 27, 50, 94 Hex: #012E5E	Violet Pantone® 528 C: 41, M: 55, Y: 0, K: 0 RGB: 161, 130, 178 Hex: #AC83B5
Neutral 1 Pantone® Warm Gray 1 C: 0, M: 2, Y: 3, K: 6 RGB: 243, 240, 237 Hex: #F4F0ED	Neutral 2 Pantone® Warm Gray 3 C: 0, M: 4, Y: 8, K: 17 RGB: 221, 216, 207 Hex: #DFD9CF	Neutral 3 Pantone® Warm Gray 5 C: 0, M: 5, Y: 10, K: 29 RGB: 196, 190, 181 Hex: #C7BFB6	Neutral 4 Pantone® Warm Gray 11 C: 0, M: 17, Y: 34, K: 62 RGB: 120, 109, 87 Hex: #7C6D56
Metallic Purple Pantone® Metallic Coated 8802 RGB: 77, 52, 98 Hex: #4D3462	Metallic Gold Pantone® Metallic Coated 871 RGB: 172, 156, 101 Hex: #AC9C65