Behance Logo Color Code: What It Is and How to Confirm It

The Short Answer

The Behance logo is the wordmark and the short "Bē" mark used by Behance, the creative portfolio platform owned by Adobe. Its color code is the exact value, usually a HEX or RGB value for screens, that defines the logo's signature color. The evidence for this article did not include a confirmed official value. No HEX, RGB, CMYK or Pantone figure is stated here, because quoting one without a verifiable source would risk passing on a wrong number.

The reliable way to get the code is to read it from official brand material or from a vector file supplied by the brand owner. A value picked off a screenshot or a downloaded preview image is less trustworthy.

Where an Accurate Color Value Comes From

An official brand or press resource is the best source, if one is available. Brand guidelines usually list the approved values for each output, such as HEX and RGB for digital use and CMYK or a spot color for print. They also say which version of the logo each value belongs to.

If you only have a logo file, the value it holds depends on what kind of file it is:

• Vector artwork with live paths: the fill color is stored as a defined value. In an SVG, you can read it in the fill attribute or style. In a design application, you can read it in the fill or swatch panel. This is the most dependable value you can get from a file.
• Vector container with an embedded raster image: some SVG, EPS, PDF or AI files hold a bitmap instead of paths. Sampling it gives you pixel values, not a defined fill, so it has the same weaknesses as a raster preview.
• Raster preview (PNG, JPG, WebP, screenshots): an eyedropper reads pixel values. Compression, anti-aliasing at the edges, color-profile conversion and screen rendering can all shift those values, so a sampled code may differ slightly from the intended one.

A file extension alone does not prove the file contains editable vector paths. Open the file and check that the logo is made of selectable shapes before you treat its fill value as authoritative.

Gradients and Single Color Codes

The evidence for this article did not confirm whether the current Behance logo uses a flat fill or a gradient in any of its official versions. This affects how the question should be answered:

• If a version uses a solid fill, one color value describes it.
• If a version uses a gradient, no single code is enough. You need each color stop, its position, the gradient type (linear or radial) and its angle or direction. In vector files these are stored in the gradient definition and can be read directly.
• A gradient sampled from a raster image shows only the color at the point you clicked. It cannot reliably rebuild the original stops.

Whichever case applies, check which logo variant you are looking at. Brands often have a full-color version alongside one-color, reversed (light on dark) and monochrome versions, and each can use different values.

Screen Values Versus Print Values

A HEX code is a screen value in RGB. Converting it to CMYK for print depends on the color profile and the printing conditions, so an automatic conversion may not match the brand's approved print color. If a brand publishes separate print values, use those for print instead of converting the screen code yourself.

Downloading Versus Using the Logo

Knowing the color code or being able to download a logo file does not give you the right to change or reuse the artwork. The Behance name and logo are trademarks of their owner. Whether you may use them, and how, depends on the owner's brand or trademark terms, not on the file being available to download. Altering the colors, adding a gradient that isn't in the official artwork, or redrawing the mark may be restricted even where showing the unaltered logo is allowed in certain contexts. Any typefaces in the wordmark are covered by their own font licenses as well.

What This Article Could Not Confirm

• The official HEX, RGB, CMYK or spot-color values for the Behance logo.
• Whether any current official version of the logo uses a gradient.
• The exact terms that govern use of the Behance logo.
• These points should be checked against current official Behance or Adobe brand material before you use a color value in production work.