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Quorum Pastel 8

categorical · 8 colors

Quorum Pastel 8 is a pastel, light, colorful categorical palette for charts and maps of 8 colors: #FDA1B6, #E2BD48, #E2F383, #B4CA85, #A3FBBA, #39E2CF, #83EEFE, #8EC2FD. Every color has at least 8.99:1 contrast against a dark chart background, as WCAG asks for chart graphics. Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 4.4). Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 10.2 off (FOGRA39).

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#FDA1B6253 161 182(0.8066 0.1116 5.0)0/50/13/0
#E2BD48226 189 72(0.8099 0.1387 91.2)12/24/80/2
#E2F383226 243 131(0.9281 0.1383 116.3)18/0/60/0 ⚠ ΔE 4.1
#B4CA85180 202 133(0.8058 0.0947 122.9)36/7/59/0
#A3FBBA163 251 186(0.9156 0.1232 151.6)38/0/42/0 ⚠ ΔE 10.3
#39E2CF57 226 207(0.8255 0.1353 183.6)60/0/31/0 ⚠ ΔE 9.6
#83EEFE131 238 254(0.8906 0.1013 208.1)44/0/8/0 ⚠ ΔE 7.9
#8EC2FD142 194 253(0.7999 0.1005 252.2)46/16/0/0 ⚠ ΔE 3.6

Some colors are outside the coated print gamut (largest shift ΔE00 10.2).

Chart contrast

8.99:1 min on dark

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

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 4.4
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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