This color scheme is based on RasMol's shapely color scheme for nucleic and amino acids. There are two main differences:
colors are web-optimized
some colors are darker in case of light background
| 0 | UNK | medium purple | #ff00ff | #990099 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1-2 | A, +A | light blue | #9999ff | #333399 | 3-4 | C, +C | light orange | #ff9933 | #996600 | 5-6 | G, +G | medium salmon | #ff6666 | #993333 | 7-8 | T, +T | light green | #33ff33 | #33ff33 | 9-10 | I, +I | medium purple | #ff00ff | #990099 | 11-12 | U, +U | medium purple | #ff00ff | #990099 | 13 | ALA | medium green | #99ff99 | #66cc66 | 14 | ARG | blue | #0000ff | #0000ff | 15 | ASN | light salmon | #ff6666 | #993333 | 16 | ASP | dark rose | #990033 | #990033 | 17 | CYS | medium yellow | #ffff66 | #666633 | 18 | GLN | dark salmon | #ff3333 | #cc3333 | 19 | GLU | dark brown | #660000 | #660000 | 20 | GLY | white | #ffffff | #000000 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 21 | HIS | medium blue | #6666ff | #6666cc | 22 | ILE | dark green | #006600 | #006600 | 23 | LEU | olive green | #336633 | #336633 | 24 | LYS | royal blue | #3333cc | #3333cc | 25 | MET | light brown | #cc9933 | #cc9933 | 26 | PHE | olive gray | #666633 | #666633 | 27 | PRO | dark gray | #666666 | #666666 | 28 | SER | medium orange | #ff6633 | #ff6633 | 29 | THR | dark orange | #cc3300 | #cc3300 | 30 | TRP | olive brown | #666600 | #666600 | 31 | TYR | medium brown | #996633 | #996633 | 32 | VAL | light purple | #ff99ff | #ff99ff | 33-34 | ASX, GLX | medium purple | #ff00ff | #990099 | 
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