NHL Team Colors: All 32 Teams' Hex Codes & Jersey Palettes

2026-08-08 · Coloracci

NHL Team Colors: All 32 Teams' Hex Codes & Jersey Palettes

Hockey sweaters are the most tradition-bound uniforms in North American sport. Some NHL palettes have survived a century almost untouched — Montreal's bleu-blanc-rouge dates to 1917 — while the league's newest identities, like the Seattle Kraken and Utah Mammoth, were engineered from scratch for modern screens and merchandise. This guide lists the official colors of all 32 NHL teams with exact hex codes, division by division, plus the design logic behind the league's most iconic looks.

Want to take any of these into print or merch? Every hex below can be matched to its closest Pantone with our HEX to Pantone converter or explored in the Pantone Color Finder.

Atlantic Division

Team	Primary	Hex	Secondary	Hex
Boston Bruins	Gold	`#FFB81C`	Black	`#000000`
Buffalo Sabres	Royal Blue	`#003087`	Gold	`#FFB81C`
Detroit Red Wings	Red	`#CE1126`	White	`#FFFFFF`
Florida Panthers	Red	`#C8102E`	Navy	`#041E42`
Montreal Canadiens	Red	`#AF1E2D`	Blue	`#192168`
Ottawa Senators	Red	`#DA1A32`	Gold	`#B79257`
Tampa Bay Lightning	Blue	`#002868`	White	`#FFFFFF`
Toronto Maple Leafs	Blue	`#00205B`	White	`#FFFFFF`

The Atlantic is the heartland of hockey heritage. Four Original Six franchises live here, and it shows: every palette is a two-color statement built for wool sweaters long before HDTV. Toronto and Tampa Bay both stake their identity on a single blue — but the Leafs' #00205B runs deeper and colder than the Lightning's #002868, a nuance fans can spot across an arena.

Metropolitan Division

Team	Primary	Hex	Secondary	Hex
Carolina Hurricanes	Red	`#CE1126`	Black	`#101820`
Columbus Blue Jackets	Union Blue	`#002654`	Goal Red	`#CE1126`
New Jersey Devils	Red	`#CE1126`	Black	`#000000`
New York Islanders	Royal Blue	`#00539B`	Orange	`#F47D30`
New York Rangers	Blue	`#0038A8`	Red	`#CE1126`
Philadelphia Flyers	Orange	`#F74902`	Black	`#000000`
Pittsburgh Penguins	Black	`#000000`	Pittsburgh Gold	`#FCB514`
Washington Capitals	Red	`#C8102E`	Navy	`#041E42`

Notice how #CE1126 — the classic "hockey red" — appears three times in one division. What separates the Hurricanes, Devils and Rangers is pairing: black turns it aggressive, blue turns it patriotic. Philadelphia's #F74902 remains the loudest color in the division, unchanged in spirit since 1967, and Pittsburgh is the only NHL team wearing black and gold — a color pact shared with the Steelers and Pirates.

Central Division

Team	Primary	Hex	Secondary	Hex
Chicago Blackhawks	Red	`#CF0A2C`	Black	`#000000`
Colorado Avalanche	Burgundy	`#6F263D`	Blue	`#236192`
Dallas Stars	Victory Green	`#006847`	Silver	`#8F8F8C`
Minnesota Wild	Forest Green	`#154734`	Iron Range Red	`#A6192E`
Nashville Predators	Gold	`#FFB81C`	Navy	`#041E42`
St. Louis Blues	Blue	`#002F87`	Gold	`#FCB514`
Utah Mammoth	Rock Black	`#010101`	Mountain Blue	`#69B3E7`
Winnipeg Jets	Polar Night Blue	`#041E42`	Red	`#AC162C`

The Central is where the NHL experiments. Dallas' "Victory Green" #006847 is arguably the most distinctive primary in the league — no other franchise owns a saturated green. Colorado's burgundy-and-steel pairing broke every rule when it arrived in 1995 and became a title-winning classic. And Utah's Mountain Blue #69B3E7 is the league's newest signature: a bright, screen-first ice blue built for a digital-era franchise.

Pacific Division

Team	Primary	Hex	Secondary	Hex
Anaheim Ducks	Orange	`#F47A38`	Black	`#010101`
Calgary Flames	Red	`#D2001C`	Gold	`#FAAF19`
Edmonton Oilers	Navy	`#041E42`	Orange	`#FF4C00`
Los Angeles Kings	Black	`#111111`	Silver	`#A2AAAD`
San Jose Sharks	Deep Pacific Teal	`#006D75`	Burnt Orange	`#EA7200`
Seattle Kraken	Deep Sea Blue	`#001628`	Ice Blue	`#99D9D9`
Vancouver Canucks	Blue	`#00205B`	Green	`#00843D`
Vegas Golden Knights	Steel Gray	`#333F42`	Gold	`#B4975A`

The Pacific hosts the league's two best modern identity systems. Vegas launched in 2017 with steel gray — a color no team had ever owned — layered with gold and a hit of red. Seattle followed in 2021 with Deep Sea Blue #001628, so dark it reads almost black, lit by an Ice Blue #99D9D9 "S" that glows like bioluminescence. Both prove the same point: in a 32-team league, owning an unclaimed color is worth more than borrowing a classic one.

What Hockey Teaches About Color Strategy

Two colors beat five. The most valuable NHL identities — Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago — are one or two hues applied with total consistency for a century. Compare that with expansion-era teams that cycled through palettes for decades before settling.

Own a hue, not a shade. Dallas owns green. Philadelphia owns orange. Vegas owns gray. Seattle owns deep sea blue. When a color instantly means one team, every jersey, banner and social post compounds the brand. This is the same logic that makes F1 liveries so recognizable at 300 km/h.

Context changes color. Hockey colors were designed against white ice — the brightest background in sport. That's why NHL palettes trend darker and more saturated than NBA palettes, which perform against warm hardwood.

Using NHL Colors in Your Own Work

Designers borrow hockey palettes constantly — they're pre-tested for contrast and emotional punch:

Bold + neutral: Bruins gold on black is a conversion-ready CTA pairing.
Cold authority: Maple Leafs blue #00205B on white is a corporate-trust classic.
Modern dark mode: Kraken Deep Sea Blue #001628 with Ice Blue #99D9D9 accents is a ready-made dark UI theme.

Build a full palette around any of these with the Fibonacci color generator, check accessibility contrast, or match any sweater color to fabric-ready Pantone with the RGB to Pantone converter.

FAQ

What are the official colors of each NHL team?

All 32 teams' official primary and secondary colors, with hex codes, are listed in the division tables above — from Boston's gold #FFB81C to Vegas' steel gray #333F42.

Which NHL team has the oldest color scheme?

The Montreal Canadiens have worn red, white and blue since 1917, making theirs the longest-running palette in the NHL. Toronto's blue and white follows closely behind.

Which NHL teams wear green?

The Dallas Stars (Victory Green #006847), Minnesota Wild (Forest Green #154734) and Vancouver Canucks (as a secondary, #00843D) are the league's green wearers.

What are the Seattle Kraken's colors?

Deep Sea Blue #001628, Ice Blue #99D9D9, Boundless Blue and a Red Alert accent #E9072B — the NHL's most praised modern color system.

Explore more sports color guides: NFL team colors, NBA team colors, F1 team colors and Premier League team colors.