The uOttawa logo can be used in three official colours, Warm Grey 9, Black and White. To maintain the cohesion of the uOttawa brand, no alternate colours or other modifications are permitted.
Branding
Everything you need to know about colours and fonts used.
Logos
Vertical and horizontal logo
Example of the uOttawa vertical logo
Example of the uOttawa horizontal logo
Logo safe area
In order to preserve the integrity of the uOttawa logo and brand, the safe area, or "u factor," must always be respected in print products, as shown below.
The "u factor" refers to the safe area around the University of Ottawa logo, which must never be encroached upon by other visual elements or text. It ensures that the logo is never placed too close to the edge of a document. The u factor is measured using the height of the lowercase u in the uOttawa logotype and must be applied to all four sides of the logo as illustrated above.
"u" space around vertical logo
"u" space around horizontal logo
Logo minimum sizes
Print: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
Web: 72 px
Web: 72 px
Print: 1.25 in (3.175 cm)
Web: 150 px
Web: 150 px
Looking for official uOttawa logo files?
uOttawa faculty and staff
Logo downloads can be found on the internal virtuO site.
External community
Download will be available soon, until then please email the brand team.
Colours
Primary colours
Secondary colours
PMS: Black C in a 93% Tint
CMYK: 32-31-35-80
HEX: 2D2D2C
RGB: 45-45-44
CMYK: 32-31-35-80
HEX: 2D2D2C
RGB: 45-45-44
PMS: 431 C
CMYK: 63-45-34-25
HEX: 636d77
RGB: 99-109-119
CMYK: 63-45-34-25
HEX: 636d77
RGB: 99-109-119
PMS: 4198 C
CMYK: 55-30-46-21
HEX: 67796C
RGB: 103-121-108
CMYK: 55-30-46-21
HEX: 67796C
RGB: 103-121-108
PMS: Warm Grey 1 C in a 30% Tint
CMYK: 4-3-3-0
HEX: F2F2F2
RGB: 242-242-242
CMYK: 4-3-3-0
HEX: F2F2F2
RGB: 242-242-242
PMS: Warm Grey 5 C
CMYK: 32-31-35-0
HEX: ACA39A
RGB: 172-163-154
CMYK: 32-31-35-0
HEX: ACA39A
RGB: 172-163-154
PMS: Cool Grey 3 C
CMYK: 8-5-7-16
HEX: C8C9C7
RGB: 200-201-199
CMYK: 8-5-7-16
HEX: C8C9C7
RGB: 200-201-199
Typography
Web typography
The official fonts of the University of Ottawa website are Work Sans (a sans serif font) and Spectral (a Serif font).
Colour
Dark Grey is the main web font colour. All font colours used must meet WCAG level AA accessibility standards. Ensure each font colour is used with a proper contrasting background. WebAIM is a good contrast checker.
Print typography
Full specifications on typographic standards for print and official documents are being updated and will be available soon.
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