Need the real Olympic logo for Word, PowerPoint, or other Office documents? No need to make your own, use unofficial or low-quality versions. Here’s how to find and use the official Olympic logos correctly in Microsoft Office documents, sheets, slides or emails, without copyright or quality issues. Also the correct color codes to match the rings.
As usual, the most reliable place for a common logo is Wikipedia which has both SVG (Microsoft 365, Office 2024/2021/2019) and PNG versions (earlier versions of Office).
Go to File:Olympic Rings
Olympic Ring color codes
For reference, here’s the logo with colors copied from the International Olympic Committee web site. Use these to match the logo with other colors in your document.
The exact and official #Hex color codes are:
Blue: #0078D0 RGB: 0, 120, 208
Yellow: #FFB114 RGB: 255, 177, 20
Black: #000000 RGB: 0,0,0
Green: #00A651 RGB: 0, 166, 81
Red: #F0282D RGB: 240, 40, 45
White: #FFFFFF RGB: 255,255,255 (for background or some monochrome versions).
Note: the Internet has different versions of the Olympic ring color codes. The ones we’ve quoted above are direct from official IOC documentation.
The Olympic logo and even the name ‘Olympic’ are protected by several laws in most countries. Host countries are required to pass laws barring the use of the name or logo, that’s in addition to any copyright laws which might apply.
Sidebar: Before the London Olympics, a cafe was told the long-standing name “Cafe Olympic” would have to change. The owner avoided the cost of new signs in a clever way <g>
Black / Monochrome version
Wikipedia also has a black or monochrome version of the Olympic logo, also in SVG or PNG formats.
If you need white rings (for a dark background) either change the color code in the SVG file text or use the tools in Office.
Add some 3D style
As an SVG, you can make little changes to the logo like adding a subtle shadow effect (Graphics Format | Graphics Effects | Shadow). Better Icon, illustration or SVG editing trick in Office
These kinds of changes go against the IOC guidelines but are commonly done anyway.
Make sure the logo is correct
It’s easy to get the logo wrong and there’s plenty of incorrect versions around.
This Aussie “official Olympic” TV broadcaster had interlocking rings but the wrong way around (e.g the yellow ring should pass under the blue ring at right, similarly with the green under black ring.)
