chromary

≈ Charcoal

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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.

supportEspressoCH 0092 · #4B2E2B
neutralUmberCH 0095 · #635147
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CharcoalAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Charcoal #121212.chromary

Color Values

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#200800 set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Chalk on #200800#200800Set in Chalk on #200800, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 100 · 17.4:1
#200800 on Chalk#200800Set in #200800 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 99 · 17.4:1
Aqua on #200800#200800Set in Aqua on #200800, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 15.3:1
#200800 on Aqua#200800Set in #200800 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 91 · 15.3:1
#200800 on Feather#200800Set in #200800 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.3:1
Feather on #200800#200800Set in Feather on #200800, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.3:1

For every eye: Chalk on #200800

#200800
Red-blind (protanopia)
#200800
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#200800
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#200800
No color (achromatopsia)