Colour comparison

Broncos vs Vikings colors

Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings and their primary colours sit 3.22:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 116.9. Every cross-team pairing is measured below.

These values are not yet verified

The colour values on this page are illustrative placeholders used while the site is being built. Each one must be traced to the team's own published brand assets and dated before it is presented as fact — see the method page. Do not use these figures for print or production yet.

Broncos vs Vikings

Clear
Colour difference
ΔE 116.9
Lightness contrast
3.22:1

The same two colours in greyscale — what a monochrome feed, and a viewer with colour vision deficiency, has to work with.

The two palettes

Denver Broncos National Football League
Broncos Orange #FB4F14
Broncos Navy #002244

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Minnesota Vikings National Football League
Purple #4F2683
Gold #FFC62F

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Every cross-team pairing

4 measured
Contrast for every Broncos colour against every Vikings colour
Broncos colour #4F2683 #FFC62F
#FB4F14 3.22:1 Large text only 2.15:1 Fails
#002244 1.48:1 Fails 10.19:1 AAA
Broncos on Vikings
Strongest pairing

Broncos Navy on Gold is the highest-contrast combination across the two palettes. Use it for anything carrying text.

10.19:1 AAA
Broncos on Vikings
Weakest pairing

Broncos Navy on Purple is the lowest-contrast combination, and the one a designer reaches for by accident when both teams want their signature colour.

1.48:1 Fails

What the verdict means

A colour clash takes two measurements, not one. Perceptual difference says how far apart two colours look to the eye with hue included; lightness contrast says what survives when colour is removed. Judged on lightness alone, a navy and a purple can score identically to navy against itself, which is plainly wrong. Judged on hue alone, two colours that separate clearly in colour can merge completely in a monochrome broadcast.

For Broncos and Vikings the two figures are ΔE 116.9 and 3.22:1, which together give a verdict of clear. Both measurements are comfortable, so these two read as distinct teams in every medium.

The National Football League divides its thirty-two teams between two conferences, and uniform colour is regulated more tightly here than in any other major league: a team must register its colours with the league, and opposing teams are required to wear contrasting jerseys so that broadcast audiences can tell them apart.

Design with either palette

Take Broncos or Vikings colours into the design studio, add your own artwork, and check the result for print problems before committing to a run.

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