Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/USA legend colors

This is a page that aims to document commonly-used map colors for election maps of US elections, so maps have consistent coloring.

Presidential

Democratic

Hex code	Percentage
#D3E7FF	30–40%
#B9D7FF	40–50%
#86B6F2	50–60%
#4389E3	60–70%
#1666CB	70–80%
#0645B4	80–90%
#002B84	>90%

Republican

Hex code	Percentage
#FFCCD0	30–40%
#F2B3BE	40–50%
#E27F90	50–60%
#CC2F4A	60–70%
#D40000	70–80%
#AA0000	80–90%
#800000	>90%

1912 Progressive

Hex code	Percentage
#C7FFAF	30–40%
#C6E9AF	40–50%
#AADE87	50–60%
#8DD35F	60–70%
#71C837	70–80%

1924 Progressive

Hex code	Percentage
#D7F4D7	30–40%
#AFE9AF	40–50%
#73D873	50–60%
#42CA42	60–70%
#30A630	70–80%

1948 Dixiecrat/1968 American Independent

Hex code	Percentage
#FFCCAA	30–40%
#FFB380	40–50%
#FF9955	50–60%
#FF7F2A	60–70%
#FF6600	70–80%
#D45500	80–90%
#AA4400	>90%

Unpledged Electors

Hex code	Percentage
#FFEEAA	30–40%
#FFE680	40–50%
#FFDC43	50–60%
#F4C200	60–70%
#DAAE00	70–80%
#BE9600	80–90%

1992 Ross Perot

Hex code	Percentage
#C5FFC5	30–40%
#A1FFA1	40–50%

Tie

Hex code	Percentage
#D4C4DC	40–50%

Downballot

Democratic

Hex code	Percentage
#DFEEFF	20–30%
#BDD3FF	30–40%
#A5B0FF	40–50%
#7996E2	50–60%
#6674DE	60–70%
#584CDE	70–80%
#3933E5	80–90%
#0D0596	>90%

Republican

Hex code	Percentage
#FFE0EA	20–30%
#FFC8CD	30–40%
#FFB2B2	40–50%
#E27F7F	50–60%
#D75D5D	60–70%
#D72F30	70–80%
#C21B18	80–90%
#A80000	>90%

Libertarian

Hex code	Percentage
#FFDD55	40–50%
#F1C92A	50–60%
#DEB02A	60–70%

Independent

Hex code	Percentage
#E6E6E6	30–40%
#D9D9D9	40–50%
#BDBDBD	50–60%
#969696	60–70%
#737373	70–80%
#555555	80–90%

Write-in

Hex code	Percentage
#87de87	40–50%
#5fd35f	50–60%
#37c837	60–70%
#2ca02c	70–80%
#217821	80–90%

Prohibition

Hex code	Percentage
#FFDCEC	20–30%
#FFC5DA	30–40%
#FFAACC	40–50%
#FF80B2	50–60%
#FF5599	60–70%
#FF2A7F	70–80%

Conservative

Hex code	Percentage
#FEEFDF	20–30%
#FEE5D5	30–40%
#FFCCAA	40–50%
#FFB380	50–60%
#FF9955	60–70%

Farmer-Labor

Hex code	Percentage	Old colors (to be converted)
#b4ffe5	30–40%	6dffb6
#7ee5c1	40–50%	19ff87
#47cc9d	50–60%	12cc67
#2cb283	60–70%	067a3e
#199268	70–80%	023d1f
#0a6343	80–90%	0c2221

Seat control

Democratic

Hex code	Status
#92C5DE	Hold
#0671B0	Gain

Republican

Hex code	Status
#F48882	Hold
#CA0120	Gain

Independent

Hex code	Status
#999999	Hold
#666666	Gain

Progressive

Hex code	Status
#5FD170	Hold
#288B37	Gain

Farmer-Labor

Hex code	Status
#B3DE8A	Hold
#40A839	Gain

Conservative

Hex code	Status
Unused
#E66101	Gain

Connecticut for Lieberman

Hex code	Status
Unused
#FFF600	Gain

Covenant

Hex code	Status
#42FF42	Hold
#00C000	Gain

Alaskan Independence

Hex code	Status
Unused
#FFD700	Gain

A Connecticut Party

Hex code	Status
Unused
#FFA500	Gain

No election

Hex code	Status
#d3d3d3	No election

Proposal support levels

Maps using these colors should be added to the Commons category c:Category:Maps with Awmcphee's proposal support level color scheme.

These colors were specially selected to cause no difficulty for most colorblind readers.

Perceptually uniform, colorblind safe palette

Hex code	Result
#2B2457	Very extreme support (use sparingly)
#28497C	Extreme support
#47729E	Strong support
#7D9CBB	Medium support
#B6C8D9	Weak support
#EBEEED	Exact tie (use sparingly)
#DEDEBD	Weak opposition
#BCBC83	Medium opposition
#8B8B54	Strong opposition
#5D5D2D	Extreme opposition
#32320C	Very extreme opposition (use sparingly)

Never use both "very extreme" colors on the same county map, as they are nearly indistinguishable. They should only be used to indicate areas of nearly-unanimous support for landslide results. Consider using them for precinct maps, if every "very extreme" precinct's result can be easily inferred from the less extreme precincts surrounding it. (Remember most readers will be less familiar with the area's political geography than you.)

Red/green color schemes are strongly discouraged because about 8% of white men have difficulty distinguishing red and green.