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Texans colors

The Houston Texans play in Houston, Texas, and use 2 registered colours: Deep Steel Blue and Battle Red. 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.

16.78:1

Deep Steel Blue

primary

Hex#03202F

Red green blue3, 32, 47

Hue saturation lightness200, 88%, 10%

Cyan magenta yellow black94, 32, 0, 82

7.43:1

Battle Red

secondary

Hex#A71930

Red green blue167, 25, 48

Hue saturation lightness350, 74%, 38%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 85, 71, 35

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.

Deep Steel Blue on Battle Red

2.26:1 Fails

Battle Red on Deep Steel Blue

2.26:1 Fails

Deep Steel Blue on White

16.78:1 AAA

Battle Red on White

7.43:1 AAA

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Deep Steel Blue on White at 16.78:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Deep Steel Blue on Battle Red at 2.26:1, which is not usable for text at any size.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Houston Texans */
  --texans-deep-steel-blue: #03202F;
  --texans-battle-red: #A71930;
}

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About the Houston Texans palette

The Houston Texans were founded in 2002 and compete in the American Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Deep Steel Blue #03202F, 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 Southern Division the Texans face Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.