Dark Power BI theme
Midnight Analytics Power BI theme
Deep navy dark Power BI theme with luminous cyan, indigo and mint data colours; built for SaaS metrics, NOC screens and operations dashboards that run all day.
By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated
Free for commercial use
Shown on the SaaS Metrics: MRR & Churn template.
Power BI Desktop: Design ribbon → Import theme. Power BI service: View → Theme pane.
About the palette
Midnight Analytics uses a navy page (#0A1020) rather than black so cards (#111A2E) separate without borders, and lifts every data colour to a luminous mid-tone: cyan, indigo, mint, amber, pink, blue, lilac, orange. On navy these keep a 4:1 or better contrast against the surface, which is what a thin line chart needs.
It is the natural choice for always-on dashboards: service health, SaaS funnels, logistics control towers. The cyan accent doubles as the slicer selection colour.
Mint (#34D399) is the good colour and also appears as data slot three; if your report shows both a status indicator and a mint series side by side, swap slot three for the orange in slot eight.
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
- Clustered and stacked charts with up to six series (7 hue families); add data labels to the pairs listed below.
- Wall displays and dark-mode screens: text at 14.7:1 and every chart colour at 5.8:1 or more on the cards.
- Variance charts, waterfalls and KPI deltas: good #34D399 and bad #FB7185 are 167° apart in hue.
Colour-vision simulation
- Protanopia: series 2 and 6 (#818CF8, #60A5FA)
- Deuteranopia: series 2 and 6 (#818CF8, #60A5FA)
- Tritanopia: series 1 and 3 (#22D3EE, #34D399)
- Give those series data labels or direct labels instead of relying on the legend.
- Chart colours
- 8, in 7 hue families
- Lightness range
- 52–75 %
- Text contrast
- 14.7:1
- Muted text
- 6.7:1
- Weakest chart colour
- 5.8:1 on cards
- Near-grey series
- 0
- Closest catalog palettes
- Ocean Deep (0.058)Ward Wallboard (0.066)Grid Current (0.069)
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 | #0A1020 | — | base |
| Card / surface | #111A2E | — | base |
| Text | #E6EDF7 | 14.72:1 | AA text |
| Muted text | #93A3BA | 6.76:1 | AA text |
| Accent | #22D3EE | 9.60:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Good | #34D399 | 9.02:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Neutral | #FBBF24 | 10.39:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Bad | #FB7185 | 6.44:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 1 | #22D3EE | 9.60:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 2 | #818CF8 | 5.81:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 3 | #34D399 | 9.02:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 4 | #FBBF24 | 10.39:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 5 | #F472B6 | 6.55:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 6 | #60A5FA | 6.82:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 7 | #C084FC | 6.56:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 8 | #FB923C | 7.66:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
Theme JSON excerpt
The downloaded file also includes text classes, visual styles and slicer, table and card defaults.
{
"name": "Midnight Analytics",
"dataColors": [
"#22D3EE",
"#818CF8",
"#34D399",
"#FBBF24",
"#F472B6",
"#60A5FA",
"#C084FC",
"#FB923C"
],
"background": "#0A1020",
"foreground": "#E6EDF7",
"tableAccent": "#22D3EE",
"good": "#34D399",
"neutral": "#FBBF24",
"bad": "#FB7185"
}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 Midnight Analytics 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 Midnight Analytics colours.
Line & column chart · 912×248 px
1, 2 or 5 credits depending on the brief · 5 free on signup. Sign in or create a free account on the next screen; the brief is saved for 30 minutes.
A Power BI combo visual titled "MRR movement". Purpose: New, expansion, contraction, churn as columns; net new MRR line. It sits in a 912×248 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #22D3EE, #818CF8, #34D399, #FBBF24, #F472B6, #60A5FA; background #111A2E; text #E6EDF7; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. The report uses the Midnight Analytics Power BI theme.
Templates in this theme
Backgrounds to pair with Midnight Analytics
Dark page backgrounds that sit well under this palette. Each background page has its own theme download, or keep Midnight Analytics and set the background image on top.
1280×720 background
Neon WallboardDark wallboard background for Power BI on TVs: six striped KPI tiles, a large trend panel and three bottom panels on near-black. 1920×1080 or 1280×720.
1280×720 background
Cockpit HUD DarkAviation-inspired dark Power BI background: slate page, faint grid, corner brackets and amber header tick for operations control-room dashboards.
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 Midnight Analytics 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. In a colour-vision simulation 3 pairs among the first six chart colours look alike; the palette profile lists them so you can add data labels. The full contrast table is on this page.
Which fonts does the Midnight Analytics theme use?
It uses Segoe UI. 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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