Color palette

Rice Blue and Rice Gray are the official colors of Rice University. In 1912, Rice's first president,Edgar Odell Lovett, chose as the school colors "a blue still deeper than the Oxford blue" and"the Confederate gray, enlivened by a tinge of lavender." According to Rice lore, Lovett selected the blue and gray in recognition that Rice's founder, William Marsh Rice, earned much of the fortune that funded Rice's initial endowment during the Civil War.

Logo color specifications

Print this logo in four-color process or in Rice Blue (Pantone 294) and Rice Gray(Pantone 425). One-color black is also acceptable. Do not apply any other colors.

Blue displays differently on computer screens.For Web site color application of Rice Blue, use Hex 002469 or an RGB translation of 0, 36, 106.