This blog will show you how to create a custom color palette for reports that are built-in Tableau and Power BI. Creating custom color palettes can you save you a lot of time, especially if you have a report that has a specific color scheme that needs to be followed.
Below are links that walk you through the steps and show you additional options that can be added to your code.
| Tableau | Power BI |
| https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/formatting_create_custom_colors.htm | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-report-themes |
HTML
JSON
<color-palette name=”Custom Color Palette” type = “regular”>
<color>#314ccd</color>
<color>#4264fb</color>
<color>#aab7ef</color>
<color>#edf0fd</color>
<color>#273d56</color>
<color>#607d9c</color></color-palette>
<color-palette name=”Transparent” type=”regular”>
<color>#FFFFFF00</color>
</color-palette>
{
“name”: “Custom Color Palette”,
“dataColors”[“#314ccd”,”#4264fb”,”#aab7ef”,”#edf0fd”,”#273d56″,”#607d9c”],
“background”:”#ffffff”,
“foreground”: “#3A6108”,
“tableAccent”: “#568410”
}
Below is a video of me walking you through the steps of implementing them into Tableau and Power BI