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Sextant Reference 6

categorical · 6 colors

Sextant Reference 6 is a vivid, colorful categorical palette for charts and maps of 6 colors: #D93977, #805D09, #9F9412, #0C7664, #15A2A1, #7375DD. Every color has at least 3.12:1 contrast against a white 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 6.3 off (FOGRA39).

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The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#D93977217 57 119(0.6012 0.2005 2.1)8/89/22/1
#805D09128 93 9(0.5018 0.1003 82.0)35/52/100/38
#9F9412159 148 18(0.6557 0.1344 104.0)38/29/100/13
#0C766412 118 100(0.5072 0.0914 176.8)85/30/63/17
#15A2A121 162 161(0.6461 0.1072 194.0)76/12/41/1
#7375DD115 117 221(0.6103 0.1546 279.9)66/57/0/0 ⚠ ΔE 6.3

Some colors are outside the coated print gamut (largest shift ΔE00 6.3).

Chart contrast

3.12:1 min on white

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

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 14.8
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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