Generate up to 40 colours for charts, figures and dashboards.Preview how clearly they separate in real charts and export them ready to use.

New palette

Prioritises clear separation between categories.
Improves separation under common red–green colour-vision differences.
Starting colour
Redistribute keeps the starting colour. Undo restores a previous palette.
Customise palette
Choose a starting colour and, when needed, refine the tonal range of the generated palette.

Starting colour

Preserve a brand colour or choose where the palette begins.
Enter an exact hex code or use the colour picker to sample one.
Lightens or darkens only your chosen starting colour.
L — · C — · H —°
The wheel controls hue and saturation; lightness and hex provide precise control.
Adjust palette tonal range
Control how dark and light generated colours may become. This does not alter your starting colour.
Palette lightness range30–80%
A wider range gives larger palettes more room to remain distinct.
30%80%

Palette

This chart style uses a darker companion colour. Select a palette swatch to inspect it.
A darker companion strip previews the active chart border.
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Why these colours?
  • Maximises separation between categories.
  • Balances lighter and darker colours.
  • Preserves your starting colour.
Used as the title on SVG and PNG swatch sheets.

Preview

Test the palette across common chart types.

Bars
Lines
Donut
Scatter
Range
Treemap
Chart style
Bars preview

Changes apply only to this chart. Palette colours stay unchanged.