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Overview

Color

A unified color palette brings consistency to all of M&T’s digital products. This anchors brand expression and helps the user navigate the experience with confidence. Limiting each color to its specific use case makes every layout easier to read at a glance.

Accessibility

The colors in this palette and their usages were chosen following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2) Level AA Standard of the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

To test whether a given combination of these colors passes this standard, visit this free contrast checker. Color contrast is an important consideration in designing accessible experiences, especially for text and background combinations.

Primary Colors

The palette’s primary colors reinforce M&T’s brand association with green. These colors will draw the user to the most important actions or information in a default layout.

PrimaryBase
#007856
colorPrimary
Actions
Buttons
Links
PrimaryLight
#7AB800
colorPrimaryLight
Accent
Success
PrimaryDark
#005C42
colorPrimaryDark
Hover State
Primary Titles

Secondary Colors

The palette’s secondary color is used to accent a layout. Use this color sparingly to draw a user's eye to certain layout elements.

YellowBase
#FFB300
colorYellow
Accents
Borders

Semantic Colors

The palette’s semantic colors communicate feedback and status using intuitive color associations. Refer to the notifications component or the feedback and errors and status guidelines for more on proper color usage.

OrangeBase
#B55612
colorOrange
Warning Notification
Inline Error
Icons
Border
OrangeLight
#FFE4CB
colorOrangeLight
Warning Background
Background
RedBase
#BE4940
colorRed
Error Notification
Inline Error
Icons
Border
RedLight
#FFD4D1
colorRedLight
Error Background
Background
GreenBase
#327E75
colorGreen
Success Notification
Icons
Border
GreenLight
#D8F3E4
colorGreenLight
Success Background
Background
BlueBase
#6E86A6
colorBlue
Information Notification
Icons
Border
BlueLight
#E7EBF3
colorBlueLight
Information Background
Background

Grayscale Colors

The palette’s grayscale colors fill in the rest of the visual elements in a layout, including text, subtle backgrounds, and borders.

GrayDarker
#333333
colorGrayDarker
Default
Attention
Secondary Titles
Lists
Checkboxes
User Input
GrayDark
#767676
colorGrayDark
Flow Titles
Disclaimer
Form Labels
Captions
Disabled Icons
GrayBase
#BABABA
colorGray
Disabled Buttons
Placeholder Text
GrayLight
#D7D7D7
colorGrayLight
Divider
Border
GrayLighter
#EFEFEF
colorGrayLighter
Border
Default Chips
Badges
Black
#000000
colorBlack
Default Browser Text
White
#FFFFFF
colorWhite
Default Browser Background