Brand Colors
Microsoft Brand Colors
Microsoft's primary brand identity uses four colors arranged in a 2x2 grid: Orange-Red (#F25022), Green (#7FBA00), Blue (#00A4EF), and Yellow (#FFB900). Each color corresponds to a major Microsoft product family — the logo design has remained essentially unchanged since 2012.
| Color | HEX | RGB | Role | Usage |
|---|
| Orange-Red | #F25022 | rgb(242, 80, 34) | Primary quadrant | Office product family, top-left of logo |
| Green | #7FBA00 | rgb(127, 186, 0) | Primary quadrant | Xbox product family, top-right of logo |
| Blue | #00A4EF | rgb(0, 164, 239) | Primary quadrant | Windows product family, bottom-left of logo |
| Yellow | #FFB900 | rgb(255, 185, 0) | Primary quadrant | Bing product family, bottom-right of logo |
| Grey | #737373 | rgb(115, 115, 115) | Wordmark | The 'Microsoft' wordmark beside the four-square logo |
Microsoft's four-square logo was introduced in 2012, ending a 25-year stretch where Microsoft used variations of an italic wordmark with no color symbol. Each color in the new mark was tied to a product family at the time: orange-red for Office, green for Xbox, blue for Windows, and yellow for Bing. While the products have evolved, the color associations have largely held, and the logo itself has been remarkably stable for over a decade.
Microsoft uses the four logo colors functionally across products — Windows uses blue, Office uses orange-red, Xbox uses green. The grey wordmark 'Microsoft' (#737373) sits beside the four-square mark in primary brand usage. Product sub-brands (Teams, Azure, Surface) use their own dedicated colors but reference the parent identity through the four-square mark.
Frequently asked questions
What are Microsoft's four logo colors in HEX?
Microsoft uses Orange-Red (#F25022), Green (#7FBA00), Blue (#00A4EF), and Yellow (#FFB900) arranged in a 2x2 grid. The grey wordmark is #737373.
What does each Microsoft color represent?
Each color in the four-square logo corresponds to a Microsoft product family: orange-red for Office, green for Xbox, blue for Windows, and yellow originally for Bing (now used more broadly across consumer products).
When did Microsoft introduce the four-square logo?
Microsoft introduced the current four-square colored logo in August 2012, ending 25 years of using variations of an italic wordmark with no color symbol.