Harvard Medical School has created three different color palettes with primary, secondary, and accent colors to allow you to combine and create elegant color combinations of your own. Primary colors feature the famous Harvard Crimson and Ink colors, which should be the main focus and can be built upon.

The full HBS palette was developed as a spectrum of colors, chosen to work well with Harvard crimson and offer a wide range of possible hues, values, and color combinations that can accommodate progressive and traditional design solutions.

Core Color Palette. A core palette has been defined to provide a neutral field against which the crimson can live.

The Harvard University colors are Crimson, Black and White. The nickname of the athletics team is the Crimson. The color codes: RGB, CYMK for print, Hex for web and the Pantone colors can be seen below. We recommend using the Harvard Crimson colors for personal projects and in the case of commercial use to visit the university or college website.

Crimson — synonymous with the Harvard brand — conveys both strength and tradition. Crimson should be the dominant color for materials, with the primary color palette providing accents. These rich colors can have white text printed or displayed over them and meet accessibility standards.

In reproducing Harvard University colors for print, recognize the recommended mixes herein serve as a starting point. Proof against a printed Pantone chip and adjust mixes for best match.

Harvard University Color Codes The Harvard Crimson colors are crimson, black, cool gray, silver, and white. The Harvard Crimson team colors in Hex, RGB, and CMYK can be found below.

These are just a few sample color combinations to illustrate both formal/Harvard-centric and progressive approaches to color.