DSAC Color Palette • emmytics

Introduction

This package includes the official Digital Service at CMS (DSAC) color palette for use in visualizations. These colors are used internally by package functions and are also available for creating custom plots that maintain visual consistency with DSAC branding.

library(emmytics)
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(tibble)
library(stringr)

Available Colors

The DSAC palette includes 10 colors organized into four main color families:

Color Families

Navy and Teal are the primary colors of the DSAC brand. If you need a tint for objects or shapes, use Light Navy or Light Teal. Read the text usage guidelines before using tints as text colors to ensure you meet text contrast accessibility standards.

Use the primary colors first before using secondary colors.

Cranberry and Gold are secondary colors of the DSAC brand. If you need a tint for objects or shapes, use Light Cranberry. Read the text usage guidelines before using tints as text colors. Do not use Gold for text or information-bearing objects.

Use secondary colors when you need more than the two primary colors like in charts or diagrams.

Primary Colors

dsac_navy #103D68
dsac_teal #136A5D

Secondary colors

dsac_cranberry #6A1344
dsac_gold #EFAC2F

Tints/Shades

dsac_light_navy #63789D
dsac_pale_navy #C1C9D7
dsac_dark_navy #123054
dsac_light_teal #5A9088
dsac_pale_teal #D9E8E5
dsac_light_cranberry #842F66

Usage

Using Individual Colors

Each color is available as a named object:

# Use individual color objects
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = wt, y = mpg)) +
  geom_point(color = dsac_navy, size = 3) +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(title = "Using DSAC Navy")

Using the Color Vector

Access all colors through the dsac_colors vector:

# Access specific colors by name
dsac_colors["teal"]
#>      teal 
#> "#136A5D"
dsac_colors["gold"] %>% unname()
#> [1] "#EFAC2F"

# Print all available colors
dsac_colors
#>            navy            teal       cranberry            gold      light_navy 
#>       "#103D68"       "#136A5D"       "#6A1344"       "#EFAC2F"       "#63789D" 
#>       pale_navy      light_teal       pale_teal light_cranberry       dark_navy 
#>       "#C1C9D7"       "#5A9088"       "#D9E8E5"       "#842F66"       "#123054"

Creating Color Palettes

Use DSAC colors to create custom discrete palettes:

# Example with 4 categories
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, color = Species)) +
  geom_point(size = 3, alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c(dsac_navy, dsac_teal, dsac_cranberry)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(title = "Using DSAC Colors for Categories")