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

SecondaryCyan BlueCH 0402 · #32C0F8
SecondaryElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7227F3

Tertiary

TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #3A342C
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #645F57
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #918D86
TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #C2BEB7

Neutrals

NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #312B22
NeutralSaddle BrownCH 0206 · #4B4741
NeutralBiscuitCH 0212 · #75716A
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #D8D3CC
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #F8F1E5
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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 · 17.0 : 1
AaCharcoal on PaperLc 97 · passesWCAG 2 · 17.0 : 1

Avoid

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

Harmonies