Microsoft logo colors palette

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Created at 03/08/2018 15:44

The palette consists of Light colors. Accent colors #00a4ef and #ffb900. Palette has Warm, Cool colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #F25022 (darkest) to #FFB900 (lightest). The lightness range is relatively narrow.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma) — 100% of colors are vivid.

Some colors sit roughly opposite each other on the color wheel, giving the palette complementary contrast.

Warm and cool swatches are fairly balanced (2 warm, 2 cool).

HEX codes (sorted): #00A4EF, #7FBA00, #F25022, #FFB900

Palette Microsoft logo colors palette combines 4 color codes:

HEX: #f25022, RGB: (242, 80, 34); HEX: #7fba00, RGB: (127, 186, 0); HEX: #00a4ef, RGB: (0, 164, 239)

HEX: #ffb900, RGB: (255, 185, 0)

Simplified version of palette colors

Tint of Orange Red, Shade of Yellow Green, Shade of Deep Sky Blue, Tint of Orange

Color scheme was created by mz

Color codes in palette

Microsoft logo colors palette color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color	HEX	RGB	Name	Alternative name
#f25022	#f25022	RGB(242, 80, 34)	—	—
#7fba00	#7fba00	RGB(127, 186, 0)	—	—
#00a4ef	#00a4ef	RGB(0, 164, 239)	—	—
#ffb900	#ffb900	RGB(255, 185, 0)	—	—

5 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.