Color Palette

The University of Nebraska Medical Center brand makes a distinctive and authoritative impression through a primary color palette of deep red set against shades of black, gray and white.

Color Balance

The primary colors take the lead in the vast majority of communications pieces while the secondary colors, also utilized by Nebraska Medicine, are supportive. Incorporate the primary colors and secondary colors precisely in the shades shown here to ensure consistency.

  • Use a large amount of whitespace to create a clean, open feel.
  • Use floods of red to encourage immediate brand recognition.
  • Use black to create contrast and give sections or elements a more serious tone.
  • Use grays in areas where less contrast and emphasis are needed.
  • Use color to create emphasis and differentiation among sections and parts of a series.

Primary Colors

Red color swatch.

UNMC Red

  • PMS: 187
  • Hex: #AD122A
  • CMYK: 7 100 82 26
  • RGB: 173 18 42
Black color swatch.

Black

  • PMS: None
  • Hex: #000000
  • CMYK: 0 0 0 100
  • RGB: 0 0 0
Black color swatch.

Rich Black

  • PMS: Black 6
  • Hex: #000000
  • CMYK: 30 30 30 100
  • RGB: 0 0 0
Gray color swatch.

Gray

  • PMS: 425
  • Hex: #303B41
  • CMYK: 48 29 26 76
  • RGB: 48 59 65
40% gray color swatch.

Gray – 40%

  • PMS: 425 40%
  • Hex: #989EA4
  • CMYK: 19 12 10 30
  • RGB: 152 158 164
10% gray color swatch.

Gray- 10%

  • PMS: 425 10%
  • Hex: #DCDDDF
  • CMYK: 5 3 3 8
  • RGB: 220 221 223

Secondary Colors

Teal color swatch.

Teal 1

  • PMS: 7715
  • Hex: #005E63
  • CMYK: 97 0 35 57
  • RGB: 0 94 99
Teal color swatch.

Teal 2

  • PMS: 7466
  • Hex: #00B2B9
  • CMYK: 86 0 32 0
  • RGB: 0 178 185
50% teal color swatch.

Teal 2 – 50%

  • PMS: 7466 50%
  • Hex: #8BD3D8
  • CMYK: 43 0 16 0
  • RGB: 139 211 216
10% teal color swatch.

Teal 2 – 10%

  • PMS: 7466 10%
  • Hex: #DAEFF0
  • CMYK: 13 0 5 0
  • RGB: 218 239 240
Green color swatch.

Green 1

  • PMS: 7750
  • Hex: #656515
  • CMYK: 25 15 94 58
  • RGB: 101 101 21
Green color swatch.

Green 2

  • PMS: 383
  • Hex: #A1B426
  • CMYK: 29 1 100 18
  • RGB: 161 180 38
60% green color swatch.

Green 2 – 60%

  • PMS: 383 60%
  • Hex: #C2CB7A
  • CMYK: 17 1 60 11
  • RGB: 194 203 122
25% green color swatch.

Green 2 – 25%

  • PMS: 383 25%
  • Hex: #E0E6C1
  • CMYK: 7 0 25 5
  • RGB: 224 230 193
Orange color swatch.

Orange 1

  • PMS: 7579
  • Hex: #F26721
  • CMYK: 0 74 100 0
  • RGB: 242 103 33
Orange color swatch.

Orange 2

  • PMS: 7409
  • Hex: #FCB614
  • CMYK: 0 31 100 0
  • RGB: 252 182 20
50% orange color swatch.

Orange 2 – 50%

  • PMS: 7409 50%
  • Hex: #FFD68E
  • CMYK: 0 16 50 0
  • RGB: 255 214 142
25% orange color swatch.

Orange 2 – 25%

  • PMS: 7409 25%
  • Hex: #FFE8C3
  • CMYK: 0 8 25 0
  • RGB: 255 232 195
Orange color swatch.

Blue 1

  • PMS: 648
  • Hex: #002957
  • CMYK: 100 71 9 56
  • RGB: 0 41 87
Blue color swatch.

Blue 2

  • PMS: 7459
  • Hex: #129DBF
  • CMYK: 72 9 9 13
  • RGB: 18 157 191
50% blue color swatch.

Blue 2 – 50%

  • PMS: 7459 50%
  • Hex: #93C2D7
  • CMYK: 36 5 5 7
  • RGB: 147 194 215
15% blue color swatch.

Blue 2 – 15%

  • PMS: 7459 15%
  • Hex: #D9E8F1
  • CMYK: 11 1 1 2
  • RGB: 217 232 241