chromary

Charcoal≈Ink: auto. Text on this color is black or white, whichever reads better. Tap to set white.

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Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand, primary to paper.

Secondary

SecondaryHot PinkCH 0025 · #F72B92
SecondaryInkCH 0003 · #160C0F

Tertiary

TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #2C3834
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #57625F
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #86908D
TertiaryDustCH 0568 · #B7C1BE

Neutrals

NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #212E2B
NeutralJuniperCH 0314 · #414A47
NeutralMineralCH 0355 · #6B7471
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #CCD7D4
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #E5F6F1
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chromaryclaim its numberCharcoal≈Named after Charcoal #121212, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

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ContrastGraded by APCA, the Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm, which measures how strongly text stands off its ground the way eyes see it, as lightness contrast (Lc) from 0 to about 106. Lc 60 and up reads as body text, 45 to 60 as large text and headlines; under 45, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio is shown small under each for anyone quoting that standard.

Use

AaPaper on CharcoalLc 99 · passesWCAG 2 · 17.1 : 1
AaCharcoal on PaperLc 98 · passesWCAG 2 · 17.1 : 1

Avoid

AaGraphite on CharcoalLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1
AaCharcoal on GraphiteLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1

Harmonies