chromary

Graphite≈Ink: auto. Text on this color is black or white, whichever reads better. Tap to set white.

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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.

accentPink ShockCH 0120 · #F72ED6
supportSootCH 0561 · #2E282C
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #0C110D
paperChalkCH 0013 · #ECF4EF
no number yet
chromaryclaim its numberGraphite≈Named after Graphite #2B2B2E, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

Official neighbors

CH 0006Graphite
CH 0561Soot

Color Values

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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 GraphiteLc 95 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.7 : 1
AaGraphite on ChalkLc 93 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.7 : 1

Avoid

AaCharcoal on GraphiteLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 1
AaGraphite on CharcoalLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 1

Harmonies

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