Oxford Blue (colour)
| Oxford Blue | |
|---|---|
 Colour coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #002147 |
| sRGBB(r,g,b) | (0, 33, 71) |
| HSV(h,s,v) | (212°, 100%, 28%) |
| CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (13, 26, 254°) |
| Source | Oxford Branding Guidelines |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark blue |
| B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Oxford Blueis the official colour of theUniversity of Oxford.[1]The official Oxford branding guidelines set its definition asPantone282, equivalent to thehex code#002147.[2]
With ahuecode of 212, this colour is a very dark tone ofazure.
Usage
[edit]Oxford Blue stems from the University of Oxford's combined-colleges (whole-university) leading sport teams, thus includingOxford Blues(first sides) and Half-Blues (second sides). In UK rowing, blades consisting only of that colour are used only by these two sides. However it is used in combination with other colours on the blades of Ardingly, Bristol Ariel,City of Oxford,Isle of Ely, Sudbury, Torquay, andHatfield College (Durham)clubs,Dragon School(Oxford), and by various Oxford colleges, most notablyOrielandGreen Templeton.[3]The colour (or a very close variant said to be the same) is used by theToronto Argonautsof the Canadian Football League;Wycombe Wanderers F.C.;and universities commonly known asToronto;[4]Penn State;[5]Georgetown;[6]Michigan (as to many athletics teams);[7]andBerkeley.[8]
Origin
[edit]The colour was originally chosen byCharles WordsworthandThomas Garnier,two members of the1829 Boat Racecrew using "theChrist Churchguernseyas our pattern (four of the crew being Christ Church men), only with a broader and darker blue, instead of black stripe. Hence the origin of the 'Dark Blues'. "[9]The colour itself is said to have been borrowed fromHarrowBlue, as Charles Wordsworth andCharles Merivale,the creators ofThe Boat Race,attended Harrow School. Similarly,Cambridge Blueis said to have derived fromEton blue.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Oxford Brand ColoursArchived2013-11-09 at theWayback Machine,University of Oxford.
- ^Oxford Digital Style Guide,University of Oxford.
- ^The Umpires' HandbookBritish Rowing, 2020: at pages 43 to 53.
- ^"Colors + Fonts - U of T Trademark Licensing".trademarks.utoronto.ca.Retrieved2 August2020.
- ^"Background about Penn State's Visual Identity - Visual Identity".psu.edu.Retrieved31 August2015.
- ^"Primary and Secondary Colors - Visual Identity".Visualidentity.georgetown.edu.Retrieved24 December2013.
- ^"The University of Michigan Brand | Global Marketing & Communications".Logos.umich.edu.Retrieved24 December2013.
- ^"Color • Brand Guidelines".brand.berkeley.edu.Retrieved7 December2017.
- ^Wordsworth, Charles (1891).The annals of my early life.London: Longmans. p. 60.