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Custom Colors for Special Visualizations
Many of the advanced visualization options allow you to chose the color, but only provide a textbox to type the name of the color in.
Visualizations that offer these options are:
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The colors available for selection here are any of the named colors in CSS. When selecting custom colors, please keep in mind that colors need to have a minimum of 3:1 contrast to be Section 508 compliant.
A comprehensive list is below.
CSS Named Colors
These colors are grouped by hue and listed with their RGB hex value.
Whites / Blacks / Grays
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
| black | #000000 | |
| dimgray or dimgrey | #696969 | |
| gray or grey | #808080 | |
| lightslategray or lightslategrey | #778899 | |
| darkgray or darkgrey | #a9a9a9 | |
| silver | #c0c0c0 | |
| lightgray or lightgrey | #d3d3d3 | |
| gainsboro | #dcdcdc | |
| whitesmoke | #f5f5f5 | |
| linen | #faf0e6 | |
| oldlace | #fdf5e6 | |
| seashell | #fff5ee | |
| floralwhite | #fffaf0 | |
| snow | #fffafa | |
| ghostwhite | #f8f8ff | |
| white | #ffffff |
Reds / Pinks
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
Oranges / Browns
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
Yellows
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
Greens
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
Blues
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |
Purples
| Keyword | RGB Hex Value | Sample |