Texas A&M University is a public land grant research university in College Station. It opened on October 4, 1876, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and has been the flagship of the Texas A&M University System since 1948. Since 2021 it has enrolled the largest student body in the United States.
The athletic teams are the Aggies, in maroon and white. The best known mark is the stacked ATM logo with a large T, which appears across campus and in athletics. The university publishes an official brand guide with a colors page.
Logo history
- 1876: The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens.
- 1963: The Texas Legislature renames it Texas A&M University; A&M becomes symbolic rather than an expansion, per the university history page.
- 2009: Commons records the ATM logo file dated November 23, 2009.
This timeline lists only changes that a cited source confirms. Earlier or minor variants of the Texas A&M University mark that could not be dated from a primary or reputable source are left out rather than guessed.
Logo colors
| Color | HEX | RGB | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggie Maroon | #500000 | 80, 0, 0 | Official brand guide colors page and Commons SVG fill |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | Commons SVG fill |
The Texas A&M University palette in this draft has 2 recorded values. Aggie Maroon is #500000, which is RGB 80, 0, 0. White is #FFFFFF, which is RGB 255, 255, 255. Where a value comes from a redrawn vector rather than the owner’s own guide, check it against official files before using it in design work.
Maroon #500000 appears on the official brand guide page and in the SVG.
Typography
The Aggie brand fonts page lists Oswald and Work Sans for headlines, Open Sans for body copy and Crimson Text for print.
Design context and usage rules
The university’s logo guidelines describe the box logo as the preferred primary mark, used alone or with a horizontal or stacked wordmark. Users must not alter, crop or add effects to the marks or change their approved colors.
FAQ
What is Aggie maroon in hex?
500000.
What does A&M stand for?
Agricultural and Mechanical, from the original college name.
What are the team colors?
Maroon and white.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A&M_University
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_A&M_University_logo.svg
- https://brandguide.tamu.edu/visual-identity/colors.html
- https://www.tamu.edu/about/history.html
- https://marcomm.tamu.edu/creative-platform/logos/logo-guidelines/
- https://dmc.tamu.edu/creative-platform/visual-style/aggie-brand-fonts/
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