HDFC Bank Logo PNG
HDFC Bank Limited is the country’s largest private sector bank by assets and market capitalization as of 2021. It’s headquartered in Mumbai, the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
What is the symbol of HDFC Bank Limited?
The symbol of HDFC Bank Limited is a genie trick figure in blue, red, and white, which looks like a square target. The symbol is composed of a small solid blue square placed on a white background and enclosed into a frame, formed by four red angular fragments. It looks confident and modern, evoking a sense of style and progress.
Meaning and history
The HDFC Bank logo is unusual and eye-catching. Moreover, it possesses a mesmerizing quality, like a labyrinth for your eyes. All this makes it stand out in the crowd of bank logos, and also makes it rather successful.
What is HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank, which is an Indian banking and financial services company, has been known as the third-largest company by market capitalization on the country’s stock exchanges. The bank was incorporated in 1994 and had the status of a subsidiary of the Housing Development Finance Corporation.
1994 – present
The full lockup showcases the name of the bank in a clean and clear sans, Helvetica Black. The overall proportions of the glyphs are rectangular (the rectangle standing on its narrow end), which is also a classic choice.
It might be seen as a contradiction to the square emblem, but we should bear in mind that the proportions of the wordmark itself are rectangular, so there is some uniformity, after all. By the way, the fact that both the shapes have right angles is already something that makes the parts of the design merge well.
Interpreting the emblem positioned on the left-hand side of the HDFC Bank logo is challenging. What we can see is a blue square placed inside a combination of four arrowheads, which, in their turn, also form a square.
Our starting point should be that the abbreviation “HDFC” stands for “Housing Development Finance Corporation” and that its original specialization was offering housing loans and investments aimed at improving the housing development sector in India.
The most obvious symbolic interpretation is that it’s a visual representation of focus. The emblem may be understood as a square version of the target. It is similar to the focus area indicators in cameras, which only reinforces the “target/focus” message. Apparently, this means that the company wants to emphasize it helps its customers reach their aims. In a more narrow understanding, this aim is a house.
Another possible interpretation suggests that the red parts represent four open gates, which symbolize that the company welcomes customers no matter where they come from and what type of service they need – they will find everything in the bank, which is symbolized by the central square.
Some people have noticed that the design resembles construction work in progress. In this case, the red elements represent the compound walls or the boundary, whereas the central square represents the house itself. Here, the logo would convey the idea that the bank helps its customers build their homes, and also that the homes and the customers are well-protected.
Whatever interpretation looks more appropriate to you, we can generally acknowledge that the two main themes are focus and protection.
Icon
The fact that the bank has a pictorial emblem makes the task of developing an icon easy. Given the length of the full wordmark, HDFC Bank would have had a hard time squeezing it into a square if they hadn’t had an emblem.
Colors and font
The palette of the HDFC Bank logo combines dark blue with a vivid red accent.
The name of the type is Helvetica Black. It comes from the immensely popular Helvetica font family, which was created in 1957 by Max Miedinger with input from Eduard Hoffmann. Generic as it may be, it’s also an exceptionally clean, straightforward, and highly legible typeface. There aren’t any unnecessary decorative details – only what is needed to properly form a glyph. Even the width of the strokes is the same.
