Primary Colors

Color is one of the most important elements of the Morgan State University identity system. The colors on the right are the official colors for Morgan State. Morgan State logos should not be reproduced in any other colors. If these colors are not available, the logos should be printed in all black or reversed in white (whichever offers the best contrast).**

Morgan Blue in lieu of which use *Pantone® 288 Process Equivalent: 100C-65M-30K RGB: 27R-67G-131B Hex: #1B4383 Morgan Orange in lieu of which use Pantone® 1655 Process Equivalent: 65M-87Y RGB: 244R-121G-55B Hex: #F47937

Secondary Colors

In addition to the official school colors shown above, the Morgan State identity system utilizes brown and gold as important support colors. Brown is used as the color of the bear and gold is used as an additional outline color.

Morgan Brown in lieu of which use *Pantone® 728 Process Equivalent: 18M-43Y-11K RGB: 228R-191G-140B Hex: #E4BF8C Morgan Gold in lieu of which use Pantone® 136 Process Equivalent: 27M-79Y RGB: 254R-191G-80 Hex: #FEBF50

Support Colors

In addition to the colors shown above, the Morgan State identity system utilizes black and white as important support colors. Black and white help to add contrast to Morgan Blue and Morgan Orange. When the official colors are not available, most Morgan State logos and art may be printed in all black or reversed in all white (whichever offers the best contrast).**

Black in lieu of which use Pantone Black C CMYK: 67C-66M-69Y-77K RGB: 33R-28G-24B Hex: #211C18 White Hex: #FFFFFF

*Pantone® is a registered trademark of Pantone, Inc. The colors shown on this page and throughout this manual are not intended to match the PANTONE Color Standards. For the PANTONE Color Standards, refer to the current edition of the PANTONE Color Formula Guide 1000.
**See individual artwork guidelines.

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