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VizForge Ink Power BI theme
The VizForge house theme for Power BI: ink-black page, charcoal cards, the signature yellow lead colour and bright, well-separated data colours.
By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated
Free for commercial use
Shown on the Executive KPI Scorecard template.
Power BI Desktop: Design ribbon → Import theme. Power BI service: View → Theme pane.
About the palette
VizForge Ink is the palette this site is designed in: a near-black page with a warm cast, charcoal surfaces and one yellow (#F2C811, the Power BI yellow) that marks the headline. The data colours are chosen for a dark surface, each at a lightness where a 2px line still reads: sky, rose, teal, violet, orange, lime, slate.
It works for operations and SaaS dashboards that live on a second monitor all day. Dark pages lower glare; the trade-off is that printing and PDF export look heavy, so pair it with a light theme for the monthly pack.
Yellow is the accent and the first data colour on purpose. If you need a neutral first series, start from slot two (sky) in the format pane.
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 16.5:1 and every chart colour at 6.7:1 or more on the cards.
- Variance charts, waterfalls and KPI deltas: good #4ADE80 and bad #F87171 are 142° apart in hue.
Colour-vision simulation
- Deuteranopia: series 2 and 5 (#38BDF8, #A78BFA)
- Tritanopia: series 2 and 4 (#38BDF8, #2DD4BF); series 3 and 6 (#FB7185, #FB923C)
- Give those series data labels or direct labels instead of relying on the legend.
- Chart colours
- 8, in 7 hue families
- Lightness range
- 50–76 %
- Text contrast
- 16.5:1
- Muted text
- 6.6:1
- Weakest chart colour
- 6.7:1 on cards
- Near-grey series
- 0
- Closest catalog palettes
- Aviation Ops (0.067)Forest Night (0.081)Velvet Wine (0.082)
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 | #0B0A08 | — | base |
| Card / surface | #16140F | — | base |
| Text | #F5F3EE | 16.60:1 | AA text |
| Muted text | #A39B8B | 6.68:1 | AA text |
| Accent | #F2C811 | 11.43:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Good | #4ADE80 | 10.56:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Neutral | #FBBF24 | 11.02:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Bad | #F87171 | 6.65:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 1 | #F2C811 | 11.43:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 2 | #38BDF8 | 8.59:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 3 | #FB7185 | 6.84:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 4 | #2DD4BF | 9.89:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 5 | #A78BFA | 6.76:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 6 | #FB923C | 8.13:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 7 | #A3E635 | 12.21:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
| Data colour 8 | #94A3B8 | 7.18:1 | ≥ 3:1 |
Theme JSON excerpt
The downloaded file also includes text classes, visual styles and slicer, table and card defaults.
{
"name": "VizForge Ink",
"dataColors": [
"#F2C811",
"#38BDF8",
"#FB7185",
"#2DD4BF",
"#A78BFA",
"#FB923C",
"#A3E635",
"#94A3B8"
],
"background": "#0B0A08",
"foreground": "#F5F3EE",
"tableAccent": "#F2C811",
"good": "#4ADE80",
"neutral": "#FBBF24",
"bad": "#F87171"
}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 VizForge Ink 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 VizForge Ink colours.
Line & column chart · 728×200 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 "Revenue vs target by month". Purpose: Columns for monthly revenue, line for target. It sits in a 728×200 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #F2C811, #38BDF8, #FB7185, #2DD4BF, #A78BFA, #FB923C; background #16140F; text #F5F3EE; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. The report uses the VizForge Ink Power BI theme.
Templates in this theme
Backgrounds to pair with VizForge Ink
Dark page backgrounds that sit well under this palette. Each background page has its own theme download, or keep VizForge Ink and set the background image on top.
1280×720 background
Midnight Glass PanelsDark Power BI background with frosted glass panels over a deep navy glow: header strip, three KPIs and a wide chart area. Free PNG and SVG download.
1280×720 background
Ink Sidebar NavigationDark Power BI background with a left navigation rail for page-navigator buttons, title area and a five-panel layout. VizForge yellow accent.
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 VizForge Ink 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 VizForge Ink 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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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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