chromary

≈ Charcoal

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

support≈ Electric Violet#6D24F0
accentNasturtiumCH 0186 · #EB7C2B
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ CharcoalAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Charcoal #121212.chromary

Color Values

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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#0C110F 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 #0C110F#0C110FSet in Milk on #0C110F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 17.0:1 WCAG AAA
#0C110F on Milk#0C110FSet in #0C110F on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 97 · 17.0:1 WCAG AAA
#0C110F on Feather#0C110FSet in #0C110F on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.2:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #0C110F#0C110FSet in Feather on #0C110F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 13.2:1 WCAG AAA
#0C110F on Dust#0C110FSet in #0C110F on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA
Dust on #0C110F#0C110FSet in Dust on #0C110F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #0C110FThe 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 #0C110F in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#0C110F
Red-blind (protanopia)
#0C110F
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#0C110F
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#0C110F
No color (achromatopsia)