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

SecondaryBright AzureCH 0432 · #1153F3
SecondaryPink ShockCH 0120 · #E331F7

Tertiary

TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #34362C
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #5F6057
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #8D8E86
TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #BEBFB8

Neutrals

NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #2B2C22
NeutralField GreyCH 0241 · #474841
NeutralFlaxCH 0248 · #71726B
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #D4D5CC
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #F1F3E6
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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