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.

supportCharred OakCH 0199 · #26211C
neutralSaddle BrownCH 0206 · #4D473D
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
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#060300 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.

Paper on #060300#060300Set in Paper on #060300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 18.1:1 WCAG AAA
#060300 on Paper#060300Set in #060300 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 97 · 18.1:1 WCAG AAA
#060300 on Feather#060300Set in #060300 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 14.2:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #060300#060300Set in Feather on #060300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 14.2:1 WCAG AAA
#060300 on Greige#060300Set in #060300 on Greige, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA
Greige on #060300#060300Set in Greige on #060300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Paper on #060300The 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 Paper still stands clearly off #060300 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#060300
Red-blind (protanopia)
#060300
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#060300
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#060300
No color (achromatopsia)