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Mosaic Pastel 5

categorical · 5 colors

Mosaic Pastel 5 is a pastel, light, colorful categorical palette for charts and maps of 5 colors: #EDAFB1, #CFBF7F, #FBE775, #93FEF1, #C8C4FE. Every color has at least 9.3:1 contrast against a dark chart background, as WCAG asks for chart graphics. The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 11.7 off (FOGRA39).

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The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#EDAFB1237 175 177(0.8121 0.0728 16.6)4/41/23/0
#CFBF7F207 191 127(0.8033 0.0849 95.8)21/20/58/4
#FBE775251 231 117(0.9218 0.1362 99.5)3/5/64/0
#93FEF1147 254 241(0.9288 0.1015 185.6)40/0/17/0 ⚠ ΔE 11.6
#C8C4FE200 196 254(0.8433 0.0805 287.7)25/25/0/0 ⚠ ΔE 7.4

Some colors are outside the coated print gamut (largest shift ΔE00 11.7).

Chart contrast

9.3:1 min on dark

Every series against the chart background; WCAG asks 3:1 for chart graphics.

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 8.7
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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