Color Cheat Sheets

The tools on this page are meant for quick reference. A full chart of the brand colors, including guidance on usage, can be found on the Color Guide page.

Printable Cheat Sheet

This brand colors cheat sheet is designed to be attached to the bottom of a monitor for quick color reference. Three quick references fit on a single 8.5" x 11" sheet, so you can print extra references for friends!

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Contrast Grid

This grid is a useful tool for quickly checking the contrast ratios of text against background color for Western's palette. Contrast ratios must meet WCAG guidelines.

For colors that fall outside of this grid, the Web Aim Color Contrast Checker is a great tool for quickly testing contrast ratios of two hexadecimal color values. The Contrast Triangle tool is good for checking link contrast, especially for links that don't have underlines or other affordances by default.

Background Text	White #FFFFFF	Black #1C2023	Darkest Blue #002F5E	Dark Blue #003F87	Blue #007AC8	Light Blue #41B6FF	Dark Green #006B3F	Light Green #BAD80A	Lightest Green #D6E86C
Darkest Blue #002F5E	Text AAA 13.3	Text DNP 1.2		Text DNP 1.3	Text DNP 2.9	Text AA 5.9	Text DNP 2	Text AAA 8.2	Text AAA 9.9
Dark Blue #003F87	Text AAA 10	Text DNP 1.6	Text DNP 1.3		Text DNP 2.2	Text AA 4.5	Text DNP 1.5	Text AA 6.2	Text AAA 7.5
Blue #007AC8	Text AA 4.5	Text AA18 3.6	Text DNP 2.9	Text DNP 2.2		Text DNP 2	Text DNP 1.4	Text DNP 2.8	Text AA18 3.3
Dark Green #006B3F	Text AA 6.6	Text DNP 2.4	Text DNP 2	Text DNP 1.5	Text DNP 1.4	Text DNP 2.9		Text AA18 4	Text AA 4.9
Green #4A821E	Text AA 4.6	Text AA18 3.5	Text DNP 2.8	Text DNP 2.1	Text DNP 1	Text DNP 2	Text DNP 1.4	Text DNP 2.8	Text AA18 3.4
Light Green #BAD80A	Text DNP 1.6	Text AAA 10	Text AAA 8.2	Text AA 6.2	Text DNP 2.8	Text DNP 1.3	Text AA18 4		Text DNP 1.2
White #FFFFFF		Text AAA 16.4	Text AAA 13.3	Text AAA 10	Text AA 4.5	Text DNP 2.2	Text AA 6.6	Text DNP 1.6	Text DNP 1.3
Light Gray #EAEDEF	Text DNP 1.1	Text AAA 13.9	Text AAA 11.3	Text AAA 8.6	Text AA18 3.8	Text DNP 1.9	Text AA 5.6	Text DNP 1.3	Text DNP 1.1
Gray #667986	Text AA 4.5	Text AA18 3.6	Text DNP 2.9	Text DNP 2.2	Text DNP 1	Text DNP 2	Text DNP 1.4	Text DNP 2.7	Text AA18 3.3
Black #1C2023	Text AAA 16.4		Text DNP 1.2	Text DNP 1.6	Text AA18 3.6	Text AAA 7.3	Text DNP 2.4	Text AAA 10	Text AAA 12.2
Red #CC2D30	Text AA 5.2	Text AA18 3.1	Text DNP 2.5	Text DNP 1.9	Text DNP 1.1	Text DNP 2.3	Text DNP 1.2	Text AA18 3.2	Text AA18 3.9
Yellow #FFC61E	Text DNP 1.5	Text AAA 10	Text AAA 8.5	Text AA 6.4	Text DNP 2.8	Text DNP 1.4	Text AA18 4.2	Text DNP 1	Text DNP 1.1
AAA Pass, AAA (7+) AA Pass, AA (4.5+) AA18 Pass, Large Text Only (3+) DNP Does Not Pass About WCAG 2.0 contrast