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A College of Liberal Arts Division

Visual Brand Language

Home » Visual Brand Language
Last UpdatedSeptember 21, 2021
Table of Contents
  1. Colors
    1. Primary Colors
    2. Secondary Colors
  2. Fonts
    1. Elena
    2. Evenfall
    3. Proxima Nova
  3. Patterns
    1. Position
    2. Patterns
    3. Proportion
    4. Value

The College of Liberal Arts refreshed their Visual Brand Language in summer 2020. College websites that are being redesigned after Fall 2020 will reflect the new VBL. Updated VBL guidance can be found on the College of Liberal Arts Brand website.

 

The content below is being kept as reference for websites still using the 2015 VBL.

In 2015 the College of Liberal Arts went through a re-branding process and developed a Visual Brand Language to be used with all of our marketing materials. The sections below are are particularly useful, and provide additional details, that are relevant for web content.

Download the 2015 Visual Brand Language

Colors

Primary Colors

RGB: 30, 77, 43
CMYK: 92, 18, 94, 61
HEX: #1E4D2B
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-csu-green
  • background-color-csu-green

RGB: 200,  195, 114
CMYK: 11, 6, 64, 13
HEX: #C8C372
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-csu-gold
  • background-color-csu-gold

 

 

RGB: 88, 88, 90
CMYK: 64, 56, 53, 28
HEX: #58585A
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-csu-gray
  • background-color-csu-gray

 

 

Secondary Colors

RGB: 196, 217, 46
CMYK: 28, 0, 99, 0
HEX: #C4D92E
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-lime
  • background-color-lime

 

 

RGB: 243, 242, 220
CMYK: 4, 2, 15, 0
HEX: #F3F2DC
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-cream
  • background-color-cream

 

 

RGB: 0, 167, 186
CMYK: 77, 13, 25, 0
HEX: #00A7BA
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-light-blue
  • background-color-light-blue

 

 

RGB: 251, 169, 25
CMYK: 0, 38, 99, 0
HEX: #FBA919
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-sunflower
  • background-color-sunflower

 

 

RGB: 0, 36, 50
CMYK: 93, 72, 55, 63
HEX: #002432
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-dark-blue
  • background-color-dark-blue

 

 

RGB: 237, 105, 35
CMYK: 0, 56, 85, 7
HEX: #ED6923
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-aggie-orange
  • background-color-aggie-orange

 

 

RGB: 239, 239, 244
CMYK: 5, 4, 1, 0
HEX: #efeff4
CSS Classes:

  • text-color-light-gray
  • background-color-light-gray

 

 

Fonts

Elena

Regular
CSS Class: font-elena

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Italic
CSS Class: font-elena-italic

 

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Bold
CSS Class: font-elena-bold

 

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Bold Italic
CSS Class: font-elena-bold-italic

 

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Evenfall

Regular
CSS Class: font-evenfall

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Oblique
CSS Class: font-evenfall-oblique

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Proxima Nova

Thin
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-thin

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Thin Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-thin-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Light
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-light

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Light Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-light-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Regular
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Medium
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-medium

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Medium Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-medium-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Semibold
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-semibold

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Semibold Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-semibold-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Bold
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-bold

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Bold Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-bold-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Extra Bold
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-extra-bold

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Extra Bold Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-extra-bold-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Black
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-black

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Black Italic
CSS Class: font-proxima-nova-black-italic

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890(,.;:?!$&*)

Patterns

The patterns below were developed as part of the College of Liberal Arts re-branding process of 2015.

By default, patterns will only be visible over a background color or image. The beginning of a CSS class determines the position of a pattern, and the end of a CSS class determines which pattern is used. Adding '-dark' to the end of a CSS class will make a pattern display dark over a white background. Changing pattern size will affect top and bottom borders, and changing pattern scale will affect backgrounds and overlays.

Position

Background
CSS Class: pattern-background-<pattern>

 

 

 

Overlay
CSS Class: pattern-overlay-<pattern>

 

 

 

Top Border
CSS Class: pattern-top-<pattern>

 

 

 

 

Bottom Border
CSS Class: pattern-bottom-<pattern>

 

 

 

Patterns

Chevrons
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-chevrons

 

 

 

Chevrons Offset
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-chevrons-offset

 

 

Circles
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-circles

 

 

 

Dots
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-dots

 

 

 

Diamonds
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-diamonds

 

 

 

Hexagons
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-hexagons

 

 

 

Lines
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-lines

 

 

 

Squares
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-squares

 

 

 

Stripes
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-stripes

 

 

 

Triangles
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-triangles

 

 

 

Weaves
CSS Class: pattern-background-weaves

 

 

 

Triangles Green
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-triangles-green

 

 

Proportion

Scale Small
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-scale-small

 

 

 

Scale Large
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-scale-large

 

 

 

Top Border Size Small
CSS Class: pattern-top-size-small

 

 

Bottom Border Size Small
CSS Class: pattern-bottom-size-small

 

 

Value

Regular
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-<pattern>

 

 

 

Dark
CSS Class: pattern-<position>-<pattern>-dark

 

 

 

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