Cambridge
The University of Cambridge brand palette as published in the Cambridge brand resources / colour guidelines. The core palette is built around a Cambridge Blue family — a distinctive light teal-cyan (#8EE8D8) that differentiates Cambridge from Oxford's navy — alongside Cambridge Dark Blue (#133844), Warm Blue (#00BDB6), and Light Blue (#D1F9F1). A heritage Cambridge Blue (#85B09A) preserves the traditional cooler shade. Five secondary colour families (Crest, Cherry, Purple, Indigo, Green) each carry a four-stop ramp, and a four-stop greyscale (Slate 1–4) provides neutrals.
31 swatches 17 light roles 17 dark roles
Swatches
misc
cambridge-blue
#8EE8D8
cambridge-light-blue
#D1F9F1
cambridge-warm-blue
#00BDB6
cambridge-dark-blue
#133844
heritage-cambridge-blue
#85B09A
light-crest
#FFE2C8
warm-crest
#FFC392
crest
#FD8153
dark-crest
#DD3025
light-cherry
#F2CAD8
warm-cherry
#E18AAC
cherry
#CD3572
dark-cherry
#911449
light-purple
#F2ECF8
warm-purple
#D1B7EB
purple
#A368DF
dark-purple
#681FB1
light-indigo
#EBEDFB
warm-indigo
#B0B9F1
indigo
#5366E0
dark-indigo
#29347A
light-green
#DFF2EA
warm-green
#AFDFCB
green
#4DB78C
dark-green
#13553A
cambridge-judge-yellow
#FFB81C
white
#FFFFFF
slate
slate-1
#ECEEF1
slate-2
#B5BDC8
slate-3
#546072
slate-4
#232830
Mode role mappings
Light mode (17 roles)
accent
→ cambridge-warm-blue accent-hover
→ cambridge-dark-blue background
→ white border
→ slate-2 error
→ dark-cherry link
→ indigo link-hover
→ dark-indigo primary
→ cambridge-blue primary-hover
→ cambridge-warm-blue success
→ green surface
→ slate-1 surface-elevated
→ white text-primary
→ slate-4 text-secondary
→ slate-3 text-tertiary
→ slate-2 warning
→ cambridge-judge-yellow warning-hover
→ crest Dark mode (17 roles)
accent
→ cambridge-light-blue accent-hover
→ cambridge-warm-blue background
→ cambridge-dark-blue border
→ slate-3 error
→ warm-cherry link
→ warm-indigo link-hover
→ indigo primary
→ cambridge-blue primary-hover
→ cambridge-warm-blue success
→ warm-green surface
→ slate-4 surface-elevated
→ slate-3 text-primary
→ white text-secondary
→ cambridge-light-blue text-tertiary
→ slate-2 warning
→ cambridge-judge-yellow warning-hover
→ crest Provenance
- Source
- https://www.cam.ac.uk/brand-resources/guidelines/colour
- License
Proprietary — All Rights Reserved (Cambridge trademarks)- Attribution
- The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge — palette captured from the University of Cambridge brand-resources colour guidelines (cam.ac.uk). "Cambridge," "University of Cambridge," the Cambridge coat of arms, and the University shield are protected marks of the University of Cambridge.
- Imported
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2026-05-19 - Notes
- Cambridge's contemporary brand system distinguishes a refreshed core Cambridge Blue (#8EE8D8 — a light teal-cyan) from the heritage Cambridge Blue (#85B09A — closer to the traditional cool-green) that institutions historically use. Both are captured here. Cambridge Judge Yellow (#FFB81C) is a Judge Business School heritage colour included in the University-published brand resources but used selectively. Sub-brand schools (Judge Business School, Trinity, King's, etc.) carry their own atom-eligible identities and are out of scope for this atom — only the parent University palette is encoded here.