chromary

≈ Charcoal

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel, loud, then in your register.

accent≈ Cyan Blue#32C1F6
supportDoomscrollCH 0587 · #121A2B
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CharcoalAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Charcoal #121212.chromary

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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#230A00 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 #230A00#230A00Set in Chalk on #230A00, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 100 · 17.1:1
#230A00 on Chalk#230A00Set in #230A00 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 17.1:1
#230A00 on Feather#230A00Set in #230A00 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.1:1
Feather on #230A00#230A00Set in Feather on #230A00, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.1:1
#230A00 on Greige#230A00Set in #230A00 on Greige, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 10.0:1
Greige on #230A00#230A00Set in Greige on #230A00, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 10.0:1

For every eye: Chalk on #230A00

#230A00
Red-blind (protanopia)
#230A00
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#230A00
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#230A00
No color (achromatopsia)