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 · #32BCF9
SecondaryInkCH 0003 · #061117

Tertiary

TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #3D332C
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #675D57
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #958B86
TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB7

Neutrals

NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #342922
NeutralLeatherCH 0205 · #4D4642
NeutralFawnCH 0211 · #78706B
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #DBD2CD
NeutralChalkCH 0013 · #FDEFE6
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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

AaChalk on CharcoalLc 98 · passesWCAG 2 · 17.0 : 1
AaCharcoal on ChalkLc 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