Colour Palette

Overview

The De La Rue colour palette reflects our brand attributes: warm, progressive, expert and passionate. De La Rue Blue and White are our primary colours, with a supporting selection of both vibrant and neutral tones.

Our colour palette is designed digital-first, so RGB should be used in the first instance for digital applications, HEX for web and CMYK colour values for printing. Where Pantone is the only option, closest match suggestions should be used. RAL codes

help define colours for paints. Please use colour values exactly as they are shown here.

Do not create your own colour conversions.

When printing, use a digital four-colour process on Magno Satin or Vision Indigo Uncoated paper (FSC-certified) where possible, as these will produce the best results for our colours. Use the same paper stock for any litho printed materials.

Primary Palette

De La Rue Blue			White
R: 47 G: 53 B:76
C: 86 M: 74 Y: 43 K: 44
Hex: 2F354C
PMS: 296C
RAL: 5013

Supporting Palette
Amethyst		Dusky Blue		Duck Egg Blue
R: 60 G: 33 B: 60	25%	R: 72 G: 83 B: 118	25%	R: 101 G: 177 B: 172	25%
C:75 M: 89 Y: 42 K: 54		C: 79 M: 65 Y: 32 K: 17		C: 62 M: 11 Y: 36 K: 0
Hex: 3C213C	50%	Hex: 485376	50%	Hex: 65B1AC	50%
PMS: 4118 C		PMS: 4143 C		PMS: 2460 C
RAL: 4007	75%	RAL: 5023	75%	RAL: 6034	75%

Emerald Green		Dusky Pink		Ochre
R: 0 G: 156 B: 130	25%	R: 183 G: 70 B: 84	25%	R: 232 G: 199 B: 85	25%
C: 80 M: 12 Y: 58 K: 1		C: 25 M: 82 Y: 56 K: 8		C: 7 M: 17 Y: 74 K: 6
Hex: 009C82	50%	Hex: B74654	50%	Hex: E7C654	50%
PMS: 339 C		PMS: 7419 C		PMS: 4017 C
RAL: 6033	75%	RAL: 3018	75%	RAL: 1012	75%

Stone Grey		Steel Grey
R: 219 G: 225 B: 222	25%	R: 99, G: 96, B: 94	25%
C: 17, M: 8, Y: 13, K: 0		C: 56, M: 47, Y: 47, K: 37
Hex: DBE1DE	50%	Hex: 63605E	50%
PMS: 7541 C		PMS: 4279 C
RAL: 7047	75%	RAL: 7005	75%

Tint Hierarchy

We can use of all our supporting colours at 75%, 50% and 25%, which should be used sparingly, for example as textbox backgrounds or within graphs and charts, and should be used as prioritised below:

Dusky Pink	75%	50%	25%
Ochre	75%	50%	25%
Emerald Green	75%	50%	25%
Amethyst	75%	50%	25%
Dusky Blue	75%	50%	25%
Steel Grey	75%	50%	25%
Stone Grey	75%	50%	25%
Duck Egg Blue	75%	50%	25%

Divisions

Each division has a specific set of colours to distinguish them.

- Currency uses De La Rue Blue and White with Emerald Green as the differentiator, supported by Ochre.

- Authentication uses De La Rue Blue and White with Dusky Pink as the differentiator, supported by Stone Grey.

We have also created a set of gradients for use exclusively within divisions. These are composed of colours within the palette.

Only use the colours as specified here for Currency and Authentication materials.

Divisional palettes and gradients

Authentication

Currency

Global gradient

Currency gradient 1

Currency gradient 2

Authentication Brand Protection gradient

Authentication ID Solutions gradient

Authentication GRS gradient

Accessibility

To ensure legibility of text in digital and print applications, our colour palette needs to pass online accessibility standards. Only the colour pairings shown here should be used to ensure WCAG AA accessibility is achieved on digital applications.

When using text with gradients, avoid placing White text on top of lighter colours.

Please observe the minimum text sizes shown.