Color Notes

General Color Notes

This page details the colors utilized on this website as provided by official sources, arranged by city. Only cities with published and easily accessible color schemes are listed here. This page is explicitly a data bank containing publicly available information. The contents of this page may become out of date at any time.

Note that not all cities will use the specific colors here - see the Asset Notes section of a given city's page for details.

Boston • Chicago • New York City • Seattle-Tacoma • Toronto • Washington DC

Boston

Source: MBTA Brand Guidelines (March 2021) [Accessed 2021 11 17]; Formerly MBTA Digital Style Guide [Accessed 2019 11 30]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In Use

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
Blue Line	`#003DA5`	`293 Blue`	`c100 m76 y0 k9`
Green Line	`#00843D`	`348 Green`	`c100 m0 y54 k48`
Orange Line	`#ED8B00`	`144 Orange`	`c0 m49 y100 k0`
Red Line	`#DA291C`	`485 Red`	`c0 m81 y87 k15`
Silver Line	`#7C878E`	`430 Gray/Silver`	`c50 m34 y27 k11`
Bus Lines	`#FFC72C`	`1235 Yellow`	`c0 m28 y89 k0`
Commuter Rail	`#80276C`	`249 Purple`	`c43 m100 y0 k17`

Chicago

Source: Our Trademarks & You / Branding [Accessed 2019 09 26]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In Use

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone
CTA Red Line	`#c60c30`	`186C`
CTA Blue Line	`#00a1de`	`299C`
CTA Brown Line	`#62361b`	`161C`
CTA Green Line	`#009b3a`	`355C`
CTA Orange Line	`#f9461c`	`172C`
CTA Purple Line	`#522398`	`267C`
CTA Pink Line	`#e27ea6`	`204C`
CTA Yellow Line	`#f9e300`	`012C`

New York City

Source: MTA Line Colors [Accessed 2019 08 24]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In Use

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
NYC Subway IND 8 Av Line	`#0039A6`	`286`	`c100 m56`
NYC Subway IND 6 Av Line	`#FF6319`	`165`	`m60 y100`
NYC Subway IND Crosstown Line	`#6CBE45`	`376`	`c56 y100`
NYC Subway BMT Jamaica Line	`#996633`	`154`	`m43 y100 k34`
NYC Subway BMT Canarsie Line	`#A7A9AC`	`50% Black`	`k50`
NYC Subway BMT Broadway Line	`#FCCC0A`	`116`	`m15 y94`
NYC Subway Shuttle Lines	`#808183`	`70% Black`	`k70`
NYC Subway IRT Broadway-7 Av Line	`#EE352E`	`185`	`m91 y76`
NYC Subway IRT Lexington Av Line	`#00933C`	`355`	`c100 y91 6k`
NYC Subway IRT Flushing Line	`#B933AD`	`Purple`	`c43 m91`
LIRR Babylon Branch	`#00985F`	`340`	`c100 m11 y83 k1`
LIRR Belmont Branch	`#60269E`	`267`	`c77 m9`
LIRR City Terminal Zone	`#4D5357`	`445`	`c69 m56 y53 k31`
LIRR Far Rockaway Branch	`#6E3219`	`168`	`c35 m80 y96 k43`
LIRR Hempstead Branch	`#CE8E00`	`131`	`c17 m46 y100 k2`
LIRR Long Beach Branch	`#FF6319`	`165`	`m75 y96`
LIRR Montauk Branch	`#006983`	`315`	`c100 m46 y37 k12`
LIRR Oyster Bay Branch	`#00AF3F`	`354`	`c95 y100`
LIRR Port Jefferson Branch	`#0039A6`	`286`	`c100 m56`
LIRR Port Washington Branch	`#C60C30`	`186`	`c13 m100 y90 k4`
LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch	`#A626AA`	`253`	`c41 m92`
LIRR West Hempstead Branch	`#00A1DE`	`299`	`c84 m17`
MNR Harlem Line	`#0039A6`	`286`	`c100 m56`
MNR Hudson Line	`#009B3A`	`355`	`c100 y91 k6`
MNR New Haven Line	`#EE0034`	`185`	`m91 y76`
MNR Pascack Valley Line	`#8E258D`	`513`	`c49 m91`
MNR Port Jervis Line	`#FF7900`	`151`	`m65 y100`

Seattle-Tacoma

Source: Getting to know the ST brand [Accessed 2021 10 02]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In use as of October 2, 2021 (Date of Branding implementation)

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
Link 1 Line	`#3DAE2B/rgb(61, 174, 43)`	`361 C`	`c71 m4 y100 k0`
Link 2 Line	`#00A0DF/rgb(0, 160, 223)`	`229 C`	`c81 m18 y0 k0`
Link 3 Line	`#ED40A9/rgb(237, 64, 169)`	`232 C`	`c6 m85 y0 k0`
Link 4 Line	`#B14FC5/rgb(177, 79, 197)`	`2682 C`	`c42 m78 y0 k0`
Link T Line	`#F38B00/rgb(243, 139, 0)`	`144 C`	`c2 m55 y100 k0`
Stride S1, S2, S3 Lines	`#EBA900/rgb(236, 169, 0)`	`124 C`	`c7 m36 y100 k0`
Sounder N, S Lines	`#9AB6D3/rgb(153, 182, 211)`	`644 C`	`c39 m20 y7 k0`

Toronto

Source: GO Design and Requirements Manual (GO-DRM-STD-2017-Rev2) [Accessed 2020 11 22]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In Use

	Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
	Go		`364C`

Source: Toronto Transit Commission Signage Manual and Standards (September 10, 2014) [Accessed 2020 12 06]

Metro Route Atlas Status: In Use

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
TTC Red (Surface Routes)	`rgb(218, 37, 29)`	`185`	`c0 m100 y100 k0`
Line 1 (YUS Yellow)	`rgb(248, 195, 0)`	`123`	`c0 m20 y100 k0`
Line 2 (BD Green)	`rgb(0, 146, 63)`	`347`	`c100 m0 y100 k0`
Line 3 (Accessible Blue)	`rgb(0, 130, 201)`	`285`	`c100 m15 y0 k0`
Line 4 (Sheppard Raspberry)	`rgb(162, 26, 104)`	`220`	`c10 m100 y0 k20`
Line 5 (Eglinton Orange)	`rgb(231, 120, 23)`	`165`	`c0 m60 y100 k0`
Line 6 (Finch West Grey)	`rgb(150, 149, 148)`	`423`	`c0 m0 y0 k40`
Line 7	`rgb(139, 202, 152)`	`352`	`c35 m0 y45 k40`

Washington DC

Source: Metro Brand and Style Guidelines [Accessed 2019 09 26]

Metro Route Atlas Status: Not In Use (Note: These colors are not the colors used on the map)

Line Name	Hex/RGB	Pantone	CMYK
WMATA Red Line	`#BF0D3E`	`193c`	`c2 m99 y62 k11`
WMATA Orange Line	`#ED8B00`	`144c`	`m51 y100`
WMATA Blue Line	`#009CDE`	`2925c`	`c85 m21`
WMATA Green Line	`#00B140`	`354c`	`c81 y92`
WMATA Yellow Line	`#FFD100`	`109c`	`m9 y100`
WMATA Silver Line	`#919D9D`	`443c`	`c33 m12 y18 k30`