chromary

≈ PacificText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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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.

accentGorpCH 0603 · #F79216
supportWalnutCH 0094 · #773F1A
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ PacificAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pacific #114E68.chromary

Named neighbors

PacificCH 0390
PetrolCH 0064

Named opposites

WalnutCH 0094
CayenneCH 0172

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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, 30 to 45 at display sizes only (a logo, a big headline); under 30, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio and its grade (AAA, AA, AA large) are shown small under each for anyone working to that standard.

Use

AaClub Soda on ≈ PacificLc 81 · passesWCAG 2 · 6.8 : 1 · AA
Aa≈ Pacific on Club SodaLc 77 · passesWCAG 2 · 6.8 : 1 · AA

Avoid

AaInk on ≈ PacificLc 17 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.5 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Pacific on InkLc 15 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.5 : 1 · fails

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.

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