chromary

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

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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.

supportIronCH 0562 · #32332B
neutralMinkCH 0571 · #5A5B55
nightPanelCH 0004 · #0F1007
paperPaperCH 0012 · #F1F3E6
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chromaryclaim its numberCharcoal≈An unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Charcoal #121212.

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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

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