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Oracle Color Codes

Oracle's color is red #C74634. The Oracle color codes in Hex, RGB and CMYK can be found below. Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded the company on 16 June 1977 as Software Development Laboratories. The name came from a 1977 project for the CIA, which was their first customer, and the company took it as its own in 1983.

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Primary colors

What are Oracle Primary Colors?

Oracle's primary color is red #C74634, a brick red rather than a bright signal red.

Oracle publishes no public CMYK or Pantone sheet, so both are shown below as conversions and nearest matches.

Oracle Red

Hex	#C74634
RGB	199, 70, 52
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 49%)
CMYK	0%, 65%, 74%, 22%converted · approximate
Pantone	PMS 180 Cnearest match · not published by the brand

Oracle Hex Color Codes

Oracle hex color codes are #C74634 for red.

Color	Hex
Red	#C74634

Oracle RGB Color Codes

Oracle RGB color codes are 199, 70, 52 for red. Reach for RGB when a tool wants channel numbers or a CSS alpha value.

Color	RGB
Red	rgb(199, 70, 52)

Oracle HSL Color Codes

Oracle HSL color codes are 7, 59%, 49% for red. Change the third value for a lighter or darker version without moving the hue.

Color	HSL
Red	hsl(7, 59%, 49%)

Oracle CMYK Color Code

Oracle CMYK color codes are conversions from the hex, because the brand publishes none. Check a printed proof before a full run.

Color	CMYK
Red	0%, 65%, 74%, 22%

Oracle Pantone Color Codes

Oracle Pantone color codes are nearest matches by color distance, not brand specs. The table shows the closest swatch for every color.

Color	Nearest Pantone
Red	PMS 180 C

Logo

Oracle Logo Colors

Oracle logo colors are one red, on a plain wordmark with no symbol beside it.

Oracle Logo Colors Palette

What the Oracle Logo Colors Mean?

The Oracle logo colors are the loud exception in a category that went blue. Databases were IBM blue and stayed blue for decades, and Oracle picked red and never moved off it, which is most of why the wordmark is recognizable with no mark attached to it. The red is muted rather than bright, closer to brick than to a warning, and that keeps it readable across a wall of enterprise logos. Two of the biggest names on this site came out of Oracle: Marc Benioff left to start Salesforce, and two Oracle data architects went on to found Snowflake.

Oracle Logo JPG

Oracle logo in JPG. No transparency, so it is flattened onto white. Safe for documents and slide decks.

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Oracle Logo PNG

Oracle logo in PNG, with a transparent background. Use it over a colored surface.

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Oracle Logo WebP

Oracle logo in WebP. Same transparency as the PNG at about a third of the file size.

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Oracle Color Code Shades

Oracle color code shades step evenly from the primary toward black, for hover states, borders and shadows.

These are interface steps, not Oracle paint or trim names.

In code

Using the Oracle palette

CSS custom properties

:root {
  --oracle-red: #C74634;
}

Contrast against white

Red	4.82:1AA ✓

Brand colors are chosen for recognition, not for legibility. A failing value here is normal. It means use it as a fill, not as text.