Dark Power BI theme · passed colour-vision check
Graphite Mono Power BI theme
Dark monochrome Power BI theme: grey-scale data steps with one copper highlight on graphite, for ranked bars, cohort tables and quiet executive dashboards.
By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated
Free for commercial use
Shown on the CFO Overview template.
Power BI Desktop: Design ribbon → Import theme. Power BI service: View → Theme pane.
About the palette
Graphite Mono is the dark counterpart of Monochrome Ink: six lightness steps from pale grey down to mid-grey on a graphite page, with a single copper (#D08C4A) reserved for the series you want noticed. Sorted bar charts read as a ramp and the copper acts as a pointer.
It suits executive and finance dashboards shown on screen, where restraint signals confidence. Text contrast is 14:1 and the muted grey is kept above 5:1 on the surface.
Unordered categories with many members will be hard to tell apart; for those use Midnight Analytics instead.
Palette profile
Computed from the colours on this page, not written by hand: hue spread, lightness range, contrast and a colour-vision simulation of the first six chart colours.
Best for
- Pages with three or four series: the chart colours come from only 2 hue families, so beyond four categories use a table or small multiples.
- Highlight-one-series charts: #ECECEE for the measure you're talking about, 6 near-grey series for comparisons.
- Greyscale printing and PDF board packs: the chart colours span 43–93 % lightness, so bars stay apart without colour.
- Wall displays and dark-mode screens: text at 14.3:1 and every chart colour at 3:1 or more on the cards.
- Variance charts, waterfalls and KPI deltas: good #6CC28A and bad #E07070 are 141° apart in hue.
Colour-vision simulation
The first six chart colours stay apart for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia (OKLab distance 0.06 or more after simulation).
- Chart colours
- 8, in 2 hue families
- Lightness range
- 43–93 %
- Text contrast
- 14.3:1
- Muted text
- 6.2:1
- Weakest chart colour
- 3:1 on cards
- Near-grey series
- 6
- Closest catalog palettes
- Obsidian Gold (0.089)Desert Dusk (0.091)Copper Industrial (0.092)
Colours and contrast
Contrast ratios are measured against the card (surface) colour, where visuals sit. Text needs 4.5:1; graphics need 3:1.
| Role | Colour | Contrast on card | Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page background | #121214 | — | base |
| Card / surface | #1C1C20 | — | base |
| Text | #ECECEE | 14.40:1 | AA text |
| Muted text | #9C9CA6 | 6.24:1 | AA text |
| Accent | #D08C4A | 6.09:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Good | #6CC28A | 7.86:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Neutral | #D9B45A | 8.60:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Bad | #E07070 | 5.44:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 1 | #ECECEE | 14.40:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 2 | #C8C8CF | 10.21:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 3 | #A4A4AE | 6.88:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 4 | #80808C | 4.35:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 5 | #686873 | 3.09:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 6 | #696973 | 3.13:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 7 | #D08C4A | 6.09:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 8 | #6F8FA8 | 4.99:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
Theme JSON excerpt
The downloaded file also includes text classes, visual styles and slicer, table and card defaults.
{
"name": "Graphite Mono",
"dataColors": [
"#ECECEE",
"#C8C8CF",
"#A4A4AE",
"#80808C",
"#686873",
"#696973",
"#D08C4A",
"#6F8FA8"
],
"background": "#121214",
"foreground": "#ECECEE",
"tableAccent": "#D08C4A",
"good": "#6CC28A",
"neutral": "#D9B45A",
"bad": "#E07070"
}Import this theme in Power BI Desktop
- 1
Download the theme
Use the Download theme JSON button above. The file is a few kilobytes and contains no images.
- 2
Import the theme
In Power BI Desktop open the Design ribbon → Import theme and select the file. In the Power BI service use View → Theme pane. Older Desktop builds: View → Themes → Browse for themes.
- 3
Check visual overrides
Visuals with manually set colours keep them. Use Format → Reset to default on those visuals to pick up the theme.
- 4
Add a matching background
Open the design studio with Graphite Mono selected to build a page background in the same colours.
VizForge AI · custom visuals
Generate a custom visual for this slot
Need a chart Power BI doesn't have? Pick a slot from the sample report above and VizForge AI writes a custom visual (.pbiviz, with TypeScript source) sized to it and drawn in the Graphite Mono colours.
Area chart · 576×208 px
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A Power BI area visual titled "Cash position, next 13 weeks". It sits in a 576×208 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #ECECEE, #C8C8CF, #A4A4AE, #80808C, #686873, #696973; background #1C1C20; text #ECECEE; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. The report uses the Graphite Mono Power BI theme.
Templates in this theme
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Need a chart Power BI doesn’t ship?
Theme colours apply to custom visuals too. Describe the chart in plain English and VizForge generates it as a .pbiviz with its TypeScript source; in the design studio, the brief for a visual slot carries this palette. See the visual catalog.
Generate a custom visual with AI · starts free →Questions about this theme
Is the Graphite Mono theme accessible?
Yes. Text and muted text meet WCAG AA (4.5:1) on both the page and card colours, and every data and status colour reaches at least 3:1 against the cards. Its first six chart colours also stay distinguishable in a protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia simulation. The full contrast table is on this page.
Which fonts does the Graphite Mono theme use?
It uses Segoe UI Semibold for headings and Segoe UI for body text. All of them are in Power BI's own font list, so the report renders the same in Power BI Desktop and in the Power BI service.
How do I import a theme JSON into Power BI?
In Power BI Desktop go to the Design ribbon → Import theme and select the downloaded .json file; in the Power BI service use View → Theme pane (older Desktop builds: View → Themes → Browse for themes). The data colours, text classes and visual defaults apply to every page of the report.
Which theme JSON schema do these themes use?
They are compiled against the current report theme schema (reportThemeSchema-2.159) and include name, dataColors, background, foreground, tableAccent, good/neutral/bad, textClasses and visualStyles.
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Design a page in Graphite Mono
Start the design studio with this palette, lay out your page and export a background, the theme JSON and a PBIP project that all match.
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