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Sentry Color Codes

Sentry's color is a dark violet-navy, #362D59. The Sentry color codes in Hex, RGB and CMYK can be found below. David Cramer wrote the first version in 2008 as an open source side project while he was at Disqus, and worked on it for about three years before turning it into a company in 2012 with Chris Jennings.

The Sentry logo, shown for identification. Sentry is a trademark of its owner and this site is not affiliated with it.

Primary colors

What are Sentry Primary Colors?

Sentry's primary color is #362D59, dark enough that most people read it as navy rather than purple.

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

Sentry Violet

Hex	#362D59
RGB	54, 45, 89
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 26%)
CMYK	39%, 49%, 0%, 65%converted · approximate
Pantone	PMS 5255 Cnearest match · not published by the brand

Sentry Hex Color Codes

Sentry hex color codes are #362D59 for violet.

Color	Hex
Violet	#362D59

Sentry RGB Color Codes

Sentry RGB color codes are 54, 45, 89 for violet. Reach for RGB when a tool wants channel numbers or a CSS alpha value.

Color	RGB
Violet	rgb(54, 45, 89)

Sentry HSL Color Codes

Sentry HSL color codes are 252, 33%, 26% for violet. Change the third value for a lighter or darker version without moving the hue.

Color	HSL
Violet	hsl(252, 33%, 26%)

Sentry CMYK Color Code

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

Color	CMYK
Violet	39%, 49%, 0%, 65%

Sentry Pantone Color Codes

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

Color	Nearest Pantone
Violet	PMS 5255 C

Logo

Sentry Logo Colors

Sentry logo colors are one dark violet, used on the mark and the wordmark together.

Sentry Logo Colors Palette

What the Sentry Logo Colors Mean?

The Sentry logo colors have to work where the product does, which is in the dark. The mark is a chevron built from two nested angles, and #362D59 is dark enough to sit on a white marketing page and light enough to invert cleanly onto the near-black of an error dashboard. Sentry later moved its license to the Functional Source License, which makes the source available and converts to Apache 2.0 after two years. That decision has changed the company more than the palette has.

Sentry Logo JPG

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

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Sentry Logo PNG

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

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Sentry Logo WebP

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

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Sentry Color Code Shades

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

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

In code

Using the Sentry palette

CSS custom properties

:root {
  --sentry-violet: #362D59;
}

Contrast against white

Violet	12.53:1AA ✓

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.