Cardinal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #C41E3A |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (196, 30, 58) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (350°, 85%, 77%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (43, 119, 8°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.
The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698. [2]
The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200, as seen in the school colors for Wisconsin, Arizona and Wesleyan, and as one of the two official colors of the Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternities and the only official color of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi. However, Stanford's, M.I.T's, and USC's PMS color is 201, while Carnegie Mellon and Worcester Polytechnic Institute use PMS 187, Brown University uses PMS 192, Iowa State University uses PMS 186, and Ball State University uses PMS 199.
The hex triplet for the web-safe version of the color is #CC2233.
MIT Cardinal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #A31F34 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (163, 31, 52) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (350°, 81%, 64%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (36, 94, 8°) |
Source | MIT Graphic Identity |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Stanford University Cardinal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #8C1515 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (140, 21, 21) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 85%, 55%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (30, 87, 12°) |
Source | Stanford University Identity Toolkit |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong reddish brown |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
University of Southern California (USC) Cardinal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #990000 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (153, 0, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 100%, 60%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (31, 105, 12°) |
Source | USC Identity Guidelines |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Fresno State Cardinal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #C41230 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (196, 18, 48) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (350°, 91%, 77%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (42, 125, 9°) |
Source | Fresno State Branding Standards |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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