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diff --git a/scripts/evaluation-statistics.pl b/scripts/evaluation-statistics.pl
index db0e7c0..765f85c 100755
--- a/scripts/evaluation-statistics.pl
+++ b/scripts/evaluation-statistics.pl
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@
 }
 #color names
 #my %color = ( "-2" => "#FF0000", "-1" => "#FF8C00", "0" => "#FFFF00", "1" => "#ADFF2F", "2" => "#008000" ); #red #orangered #yellow #greenyellow #green
-my %color = ( "-2" => "#FF0000", "-1" => "#FF8C00", "0" => "#FFFF00", "1" => "#00FFFF", "2" => "#0066FF" ); #colorblind #red #orangered #yellow #aqua #blue
+#my %color = ( "-2" => "#FF0000", "-1" => "#FF8C00", "0" => "#FFFF00", "1" => "#00FFFF", "2" => "#0066FF" ); #colorblind #red #orangered #yellow #aqua #blue
+my %color = ( "-2" => "#C53440", "-1" => "#E28B51", "0" => "#CBBC6B", "1" => "#97BEBF", "2" => "#A77393" ); #colorblind #pink-red #orange #yellow #cyan #magenta-pink 
 
 my $OverallQuality = "POOR"; #($totalscore/$count);
 my $color = $color{-2}; my $score = -2;
diff --git a/scripts/seaseq_overall.header b/scripts/seaseq_overall.header
index e67e59b..2b47454 100755
--- a/scripts/seaseq_overall.header
+++ b/scripts/seaseq_overall.header
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
 <div class="legend">
     <table class='legend'>
         <tr style='border-color: #163861;'><th><font color='#163861'>LEGEND</font></th></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #0066FF;'><td bgcolor='#0066FF'>EXCELLENT</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #00FFFF;'><td bgcolor='#00FFFF'>GOOD</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FFFF00;'><td bgcolor='#FFFF00'>AVERAGE</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FF8C00;'><td bgcolor='#FF8C00'>BELOW-AVERAGE</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FF0000;'><td bgcolor='#FF0000'>POOR</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #A77393;'><td bgcolor='#A77393'>EXCELLENT</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #97BEBF;'><td bgcolor='#97BEBF'>GOOD</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #CBBC6B;'><td bgcolor='#CBBC6B'>AVERAGE</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #E28B51;'><td bgcolor='#E28B51'>BELOW-AVERAGE</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #C53440;'><td bgcolor='#C53440'>POOR</td></tr>
       </table>
 </div>
 </head>
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@
 <div class="legend">
     <table class='legend'>
         <tr style='border-color: #163861;'><th><font color='#163861'>LEGEND</font></th></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #0066FF;'><td bgcolor='#0066FF'>EXCELLENT</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #00FFFF;'><td bgcolor='#00FFFF'>GOOD</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FFFF00;'><td bgcolor='#FFFF00'>AVERAGE</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FF8C00;'><td bgcolor='#FF8C00'>BELOW-AVERAGE</td></tr>
-        <tr style='border-color: #FF0000;'><td bgcolor='#FF0000'>POOR</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #A77393;'><td bgcolor='#A77393'>EXCELLENT</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #97BEBF;'><td bgcolor='#97BEBF'>GOOD</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #CBBC6B;'><td bgcolor='#CBBC6B'>AVERAGE</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #E28B51;'><td bgcolor='#E28B51'>BELOW-AVERAGE</td></tr>
+        <tr style='border-color: #C53440;'><td bgcolor='#C53440'>POOR</td></tr>
       </table>
 </div>
 </head>
diff --git a/workflows/tasks/seaseq_util.wdl b/workflows/tasks/seaseq_util.wdl
index 27eb372..cf1d051 100755
--- a/workflows/tasks/seaseq_util.wdl
+++ b/workflows/tasks/seaseq_util.wdl
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ task concatstats {
 
         #color scheme
         color = {
-            -2 : "#FF0000", -1 : "#FF8C00", 0 : "#FFFF00", 1 : "#00FFFF", 2 : "#0066FF"
+            -2 : "#C53440", -1 : "#E28B51", 0 : "#CBBC6B", 1 : "#97BEBF", 2 : "#A77393"
         }
 
         #merged statistics