Company milestone · 1967
Chung Ju-yung and his brother Chung Se-yung founded Hyundai Motor Company. [2]
Hyundai Logo
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Brand profile
About Hyundai
Automotive brand
Hyundai’s tilted H and oval form a vehicle-brand emblem, while the accompanying Hyundai wordmark is a separate part of the lockup. Chrome badges and flat digital versions can be different applications of the same identity.
Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean automotive manufacturer established in 1967. Chung Ju-yung, who had founded the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company in 1947, founded it with his brother Chung Se-yung.
The name Hyundai means “modernity” in Korean. Hyundai dates its identity as an independent vehicle maker to 1974, when it presented the Pony, its first car developed for international markets, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
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Hyundai logo files at a glance
Hyundai has 12 downloadable files in SVG, PNG in this archive. 1 logo record is catalogued; that is not the number of verified redesigns.
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
PNG · Primary
Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
PNG · Primary
Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction · Current
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Brand heritage
Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
The company’s founding, the HD monogram of the Pony era, the tilted-H emblem introduced in the early 1990s and its later chrome and wordmark applications, as described in the cited sources. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Product milestone · 1974
Hyundai presented the Pony, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The brand’s logo at that time was a stylised HD monogram, which remained in use until the early 1990s. [1]
Logo milestone · Early 1990s
Hyundai describes its earlier HD monogram giving way to a tilted H within an ellipse in the early 1990s. The available history supports an approximate period rather than a precise launch day. [1]
Visual identity milestone · 1999
Hyundai records the addition of a chrome finish to the emblem. A material or finish change does not by itself establish a new underlying symbol. [1]
Company milestone · 2000
Hyundai Motor Company formed a strategic alliance with DaimlerChrysler and severed its partnership with the Hyundai Group. [2]
Visual identity milestone · From 2003
Hyundai says the symbol was increasingly accompanied by its name from 2003. [1]
Research sources
- Identità di Hyundai: storia ed evoluzione del logo del brand ↗ · Hyundai Newsroom, 2025-08-22 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Hyundai Motor Company ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Dates not verifiedListed current
Hyundai logo Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction
Reproduction from Wikimedia Commons, where the file is marked as a text logo too simple for copyright; the trademark is still protected. Downloads are sanitized vector copies and generated PNGs, not official press-kit masters.
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All 1 logo record for Hyundai
- Hyundai logo Oval H and wordmark; source reproduction (this page)
Colour sample
Sampled artwork colours
Blue (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #003984
- RGB
- 0, 57, 132
Text contrast on white10.95:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black1.73:1 · Fail
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
Hyundai explains the H as a customer and company representative shaking hands, and the ellipse as international reach. The identity history does not establish an individual logo designer or a verified logo font.
Hyundai says that from the IONIQ range the traditional logo was removed from the centre of the steering wheel and replaced by four LED pixels forming an H in Morse code.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Reference
Frequently asked
Can I use the Hyundai logo?
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How has Hyundai’s visual identity changed?
1999: Hyundai records the addition of a chrome finish to the emblem. A material or finish change does not by itself establish a new underlying symbol. [1]
What file formats are available for the Hyundai logo in this archive?
Available file formats: SVG, PNG. Dimensions, source and usage conditions are listed for each file below.
Visual neighbours
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Same industry
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Version-specific comparisons
Logo comparisons explained
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Honda vs Hyundai
Honda and Hyundai both use an H-based vehicle badge, but their shapes differ. Compare Honda’s upright framed H with Hyundai’s slanted H inside a wider oval.
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Source & evidence
Wikimedia Commons reference (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyundai_Motor_Company_logo.svg), checked by an AI-assisted process; an editor has not reviewed it.
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Technical provenance
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- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyundai_Motor_Company_logo.svg
- Source date
- 2026-09-08
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- fb65c42ef9994cc0d916afd75d4fb8d2f1f58c756402ecd648cd7e9bbd6fff49
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SimilarLogo. “Hyundai logo record.” Updated 2026-09-08. https://similarlogo.com/brand/hyundai/
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