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Vikings colors

The Minnesota Vikings play in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and use 2 registered colours: Purple and Gold. 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.

10.84:1

Purple

primary

Hex#4F2683

Red green blue79, 38, 131

Hue saturation lightness266, 55%, 33%

Cyan magenta yellow black40, 71, 0, 49

1.57:1

Gold

secondary

Hex#FFC62F

Red green blue255, 198, 47

Hue saturation lightness44, 100%, 59%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 22, 82, 0

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.

Purple on Gold

6.90:1 AA

Gold on Purple

6.90:1 AA

Purple on White

10.84:1 AAA

Gold on White

1.57:1 Fails

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Purple on White at 10.84:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Gold on White at 1.57:1, which is not usable for text at any size.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Minnesota Vikings */
  --vikings-purple: #4F2683;
  --vikings-gold: #FFC62F;
}

Put these colours on a shirt

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About the Minnesota Vikings palette

The Minnesota Vikings were founded in 1961 and compete in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Purple #4F2683, is a dark, muted purple.

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