chromary

≈ Obsidian

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportWineCH 0523 · #291D26
neutralAsphaltCH 0007 · #434449
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ ObsidianAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Obsidian #030303.chromary

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#060105 set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Milk on #060105#060105Set in Milk on #060105, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 99 · 18.4:1 WCAG AAA
Citron on #060105#060105Set in Citron on #060105, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 18.1:1 WCAG AAA
#060105 on Milk#060105Set in #060105 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 18.4:1 WCAG AAA
#060105 on Citron#060105Set in #060105 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 97 · 18.1:1 WCAG AAA
Aqua on #060105#060105Set in Aqua on #060105, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 16.5:1 WCAG AAA
#060105 on Aqua#060105Set in #060105 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 91 · 16.5:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #060105The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Milk still stands clearly off #060105 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)