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Colours

Colours

Introduction

The new colour palette has been designed for distinctiveness and to project the Civica Brand Personality.

Guidelines

  • To avoid any screen or web issues, use only the values shown here.
  • Note that the use of the colour Orange / Neon Carrot is limited to graphic treatments and graphic symbols.
  • Orange should not be used for any text or user interface elements in online applications.
  • For body background color use White(#FFFFFF) or Guyabano (#F8F8F8).

Main Colours

Blue Lagoon
#00818A
Cerise
#D62598
Amethyst
#7B57CB
Neon Carrot
#FF8A3D
Link Colour
#20399D
Charcoal
#262626
Silver
#DDDDDD
Concrete
#F3F3F3
Guyabano
#F8F8F8
White
#FFFFFF

RAG Colours

Guardsman Red
#C00000
Tenne (Tawny)
#CC4E00
Japanese Laurel
#008A00

Accessibility Grid

Use the accessibility grid to determine which colours can be used together to meet WCAG 2.2 AA compliance

  • Colour combinations marked with AA will pass for all text sizes for compliance level AA
  • Colour combinations marked with AAA will pass for all text sizes for all compliance levels
  • Colour combinations marked with AA18 will pass for text when >18.5px and bold, or above 24px and not bold for compliance level AA. Additionally, it is also sufficient for graphical elements and non-text features, such as form field outlines or focus states indicators
  • Colour combinations not displayed do not pass AA or AAA compliance
Background Text
Cerise
#D62598
Amethyst
#7B57CB
Neon carrot
#FF8A3D
Charcoal
#262626
Silver
#DDDDDD
Concrete
#F3F3F3
Guyabano
#F8f8f8
White
#FFFFFF
Blue lagoon
#00818A
Cerise
#D62598
Text
AA18 3.3
Text
AA18 3.3
Text
AA18 4.1
Text
AA 4.5
Amethyst
#7B57CB
Text
AA18 3.8
Text
AA 4.6
Text
AA 5.1
Neon carrot
#FF8A3D
Text
AA 6.4
Charcoal
#262626
Text
AA 4.5
Text
AA18 3.3
Text
AA 6.4
Text
AAA 11.1
Text
AAA 13.6
Text
AAA 15.1
Text
AA18 3.2
Silver
#DDDDDD
Text
AA18 3.3
Text
AA18 3.8
Text
AAA 11.1
Text
AA18 3.4
Concrete
#F3F3F3
Text
AA18 3
Text
AA18 4.1
Text
AA 4.6
Text
AAA 13.6
Text
AA18 4.2
Guyabano
#F8f8f8
Text
AA18 3
Text
AA18 4.5
Text
AA 4.8
Text
AAA 14.24
Text
AA18 4.3
White
#FFFFFF
Text
AA18 3.3
Text
AA 4.5
Text
AA 5.1
Text
AAA 15.1
Text
AA 4.6
Blue lagoon
#00818A
Text
AA18 3.2
Text
AA18 3.4
Text
AA18 4.2
Text
AA 4.6
AAA Pass, AAA (7+)
AA Pass, AA (4.5+)
AA18 Pass, Large Text Only (3+)
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