Brand guidelines

Color palette

Our color palette thrives on the combination of our two main primary colors, Pulse (purple) and Sense (green). Using these colors together with our secondary and tertiary colors showcases our brand in highly expressive ways. We like to think it's elegantly edgy. Get to know our use cases, ​​​​​​​color values and percentages as well as color combinations.

1. Overview

Our updated color palette is divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

2. Color palette

Our color palette helps us to stand out.

Primary colors 
 

Main brand colors used primarily as background and text colors.

Secondary colors
 

Functional accent colors used to highlight key information, i.e., backgrounds, icons, CTAs, and information visualizations.

Tertiary
 

Accent colors, used sparingly. i.e., icons, CTAs, and information visualizations.

Background colors

 

Accent colors, used sparingly. i.e., icons, CTAs, and information visualizations.

3. Gradients

Use cases include information visualization like information graphics, charts, diagrams and flow-graphics.

Sense gradient

Bright sense 950
#EBF9F8
Bright sense 850
#C5EDEA
Bright sense 700
#8ADBD5

Bright sense 500

 

#3CC1B7
Bright sense 390
#22A6AA

Bright sense 300

 

#058192
Deep sense 260
#1C5569

Deep sense 200

 

#134158

Pulse gradient

Bright pulse 950
#F1E7FE
Bright pulse 870
#DABFFC
Bright pulse 800
#C69DFB
Bright pulse 700
#A96CF9

Bright pulse 600

 

#8E3CF7
Bright pulse 500
#712DD2
Bright pulse 400
#5B25A7

Deep pulse 270

 

#3B2C5E

Life gradient

Bright life 940
#FAFDE3
Bright life 840
#F2F8B4
Bright life 740
#E9F485

Bright life 540

 

#D9EC27
Bright life 490
#C4DD1D
Bright life 440
#AFCE12
Bright life 390
#90B710
Bright life 340
#7EA00E

Core light gradient

Core light 990
#FDFDFC
Core light 980
#FBFBF8
Core light 960
#F7F7F2

Core light 930

 

#F2F2EA
Core light 850
#DDDDD5
Core light 700
#B6B6AF
Core light 550
#909089
Core light 430
#70706B

Core dark gradient

Core dark 980
#F9FAFB

Core dark 950

 

#F0F2F4
Core dark 920
#E7EBEE
Core dark 900
#E1E5EA
Core dark 850
#D2D9E0
Core dark 800
#BEC9D4
Core dark 700
#A2B2C3
Core dark 600
#7E96AE
Core dark 450
#537393
Core dark 350
#36597D
Core dark 220
#193857

Core dark 120

 

#011F3D

4. ​​​​​​​Color values and percentages

 Web & Print
HEX
RGB
CMYK
PMS
Core Dark 120
#011F3D
1 - 31 - 61
100 - 90 - 13 - 68
289
Core Light 930
#F2F2EA
242 - 242 - 234
2 - 2 - 10 - 0
043
Core Dark 950
#FDF2F4
240 - 242 - 244
4 - 2 - 2 - 0
-
Bright Pulse 600
#8E3CF7
142 - 60 - 247
63 - 76 - 0 - 0
2665
Deep Pulse 270
#3B2C5E
59 - 44 - 94
85 - 86 - 3 - 14
2112
Bright Sense 500
#3CC1B7
60 - 193 - 183
81 - 0 - 39 - 0
326
Bright Sense 300
#058192
5 - 129 - 146
86 - 35 - 36 - 4
3145
Deep Sense 200
#1C5569
28 - 85 - 105
89 - 22 - 34 - 65
2182
Bright Life 540
#D9EC27
17 - 236 - 39
25 - 0 - 98 - 0
389

5. Color combinations

Featured below are visual examples of three color combinations we use in our brand. These examples include marketing collateral like White papers and guides, plus infogrpahic and graph design.
Color combinations
1. Pulse color palette
White Paper or Guide layout example using Pulse color palette
White Paper or Guide layout example using Pulse color palette
Infographic layout example using Pulse color palette
Color combinations
2. Sense color palette
White Paper or Guide layout example using Sense color palette
White Paper or Guide layout example using Sense color palette
Infographic layout example using Sense color palette
Color combinations
3. ​​​​​​​Pulse-Sense Combo color palette
Infographic layout example using Pulse-Sense combo color palette
Questions?
Don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or to share your design project for feedback from the Software AG brand team.
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