Guidelines

Colours

The colour palette is designed to support a flexible, modular visual style that feels connected across EC and EU websites and platforms. The intent of the palette is to convey a united and open European spirit, and leave users feeling welcome and in good hands.

Main colours

Status colours

Color modes

Color modes offer an extra layer of flexibility. Several components react to these color modes, and apply them to different elements.

To use a color color mode, simply add the corresponding CSS class to any element on the page. CSS variables will be automatically updated.

Note: if a color in not defined in a color mode, it means that the default color mode value is used.

Default

Additional colors

Blue

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--blue

Green dark

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--green-dark

Orange

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--orange

Green

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--green

Purple

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--purple

Blue navy

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--blue-navy

Blue electric

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--blue-electric

Blue ocean

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--blue-ocean

Green lemon

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--green-lemon

Green pine

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--green-pine

Warm grey

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--warm-grey

Red crayola

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--red-crayola

Yellow gold

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--yellow-gold

Purple violet

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--purple-violet

Red tomato

CSS class: ecl-color-mode--red-tomato