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.

accent≈ Sky#34C9F9
supportDoomscrollCH 0587 · #121A2B
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#250900 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Chalk on #250900#250900Set in Chalk on #250900, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 99 · 17.0:1 WCAG AAA
#250900 on Chalk#250900Set in #250900 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 17.0:1 WCAG AAA
#250900 on Feather#250900Set in #250900 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #250900#250900Set in Feather on #250900, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA
#250900 on Greige#250900Set in #250900 on Greige, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 10.0:1 WCAG AAA
Greige on #250900#250900Set in Greige on #250900, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 10.0:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Chalk on #250900The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Chalk still stands clearly off #250900 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#250900
Red-blind (protanopia)
#250900
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#250900
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#250900
No color (achromatopsia)