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Bears colors

The Chicago Bears play in Chicago, Illinois, and use 2 registered colours: Navy Blue and Orange. Every value below is listed in hexadecimal, red green blue, hue saturation lightness, and approximate cyan magenta yellow black, with contrast results computed from the values themselves.

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.

Colour values

2 colours

Each swatch is rendered in CSS from the numeric value, not from a logo image. The figure on each chip is its contrast against white.

18.07:1

Navy Blue

primary

Hex#0B162A

Red green blue11, 22, 42

Hue saturation lightness219, 58%, 10%

Cyan magenta yellow black74, 48, 0, 84

5.22:1

Orange

secondary

Hex#C83803

Red green blue200, 56, 3

Hue saturation lightness16, 97%, 40%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 72, 99, 22

Which pairings carry text

4 pairings measured

Computed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines relative luminance formula. These decide whether a player name, a score or body copy stays readable.

Navy Blue on Orange

3.46:1 Large text only

Orange on Navy Blue

3.46:1 Large text only

Navy Blue on White

18.07:1 AAA

Orange on White

5.22:1 AA

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Navy Blue on White at 18.07:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Navy Blue on Orange at 3.46:1, which is usable only for large display type.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Chicago Bears */
  --bears-navy-blue: #0B162A;
  --bears-orange: #C83803;
}

Put these colours on a shirt

Open the design studio with the Bears palette loaded. Add your own artwork and type, then check the design for print problems — ink count, resolution, stroke weight and contrast against the fabric.

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About the Chicago Bears palette

The Chicago Bears were founded in 1920 and compete in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Navy Blue #0B162A, is a very dark, desaturated indigo.

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.

Within the Northern Division the Bears face Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.

Chicago is also home to Chicago Bulls, which means local broadcast and print work often has to carry more than one of these palettes.