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Bengals colors

The Cincinnati Bengals play in Cincinnati, Ohio, and use 2 registered colours: Orange and Black. 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.

3.37:1

Orange

primary

Hex#FB4F14

Red green blue251, 79, 20

Hue saturation lightness15, 97%, 53%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 69, 92, 2

21.00:1

Black

secondary

Hex#000000

Red green blue0, 0, 0

Hue saturation lightness0, 0%, 0%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 0, 0, 100

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.

Orange on Black

6.23:1 AA

Black on Orange

6.23:1 AA

Orange on White

3.37:1 Large text only

Black on White

21.00:1 AAA

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Black on White at 21.00:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Orange on White at 3.37:1, which is usable only for large display type.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Cincinnati Bengals */
  --bengals-orange: #FB4F14;
  --bengals-black: #000000;
}

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About the Cincinnati Bengals palette

The Cincinnati Bengals were founded in 1968 and compete in the American Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Orange #FB4F14, is a mid-tone, strongly saturated orange.

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 Bengals face Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.