Foundation 04 / 10 · Public
Colour.
The Trackday palette is locked. Three brand colours. One sanctioned gradient. Everything else is theme surfaces, state colours, or forum tags.
Brand colours
Three colours carry brand meaning.
Trackday Blue
--td-blue
Hex
#1B459C
#1B459C
PMS
293
293
Brand bar gradient start. Hero accents. Deep brand voice.
Trackday Cyan
--td-cyan
Hex
#06B6D4
#06B6D4
Reference
cyan-500
cyan-500
Primary accent. CTA fill. Focus ring. Active state.
Trackday Cyan Light
--td-cyan-light
Hex
#67E8F9
#67E8F9
Reference
cyan-300
cyan-300
Bright accent. Gradient end. Status highlight. Subhead colour.
Gradients
Three gradients, each with a single use.
Brand · 90 deg
g-brand-90deg
The single brand signature. Blue to cyan, left to right. Used on the brand bar (every Trackday surface) and primary CTAs only.
brand bar
cta primary
Stat · 180 deg
g-stat-180deg
Cyan to cyan-light, top to bottom. Used as text-fill for stat numerals inside cyan-bordered cyan-tinted cards. Never elsewhere.
Stat numerals
In cyan-tinted card
In cyan-tinted card
Section · 180 deg
g-section-180deg-fade
Section-divider fade. Cyan to faded blue, top to bottom. Used only on L02 big-num section breaks across the deck system.
L02 big-num
Section breaks
Section breaks
Banned. Always.
- ✕No magenta, the
#BB16A3from the 2023 brief is retired. - ✕No orange in any context, brand or otherwise.
- ✕No pale cyan
#99D6EA, replaced by#67E8F9. - ✕No white-to-cyan gradient. Title text on dark is solid white.
- ✕No gradient on body text. Reserve gradient for stat numerals, brand bar, and primary CTAs.
- ✕No em-dashes in body copy. Use commas, parentheses, or rewrites.
- ✕No hardcoded hex values outside the locked palette above.
- ✕No new gradient combinations. The three above are the entire system.
Retired (with reason)
#BB16A3 · TrackDay HIGHLIGHT · PMS 247
Magenta accent from 2023 v1.0 brand document. Retired 2026-05-10. Muddies the blue-cyan axis.
#99D6EA · TrackDay LIGHT · PMS 2975
Pale cyan from 2023 v1.0 brand document. Replaced by the brighter #67E8F9 (Trackday Cyan Light), which is the locked value across all Trackday surfaces.