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

SecondaryNeon AquaCH 0372 · #40F3FA
SecondaryInkCH 0003 · #051213

Tertiary

TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #3D3131
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #685C5C
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #958A8A
TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCBB

Neutrals

NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #342827
NeutralClayCH 0170 · #4E4545
NeutralStaticCH 0008 · #786F6F
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #DCD1D1
NeutralMilkCH 0570 · #FFEDED
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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

AaMilk on CharcoalLc 98 · passesWCAG 2 · 17.0 : 1
AaCharcoal on MilkLc 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