chromary

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

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Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand, primary to paper.

Secondary

SecondaryNeon AquaCH 0372 · #40F3F9
SecondaryRoyalCH 0073 · #1B76F4

Tertiary

TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #615E5C
TertiaryCementCH 0566 · #8F8C8A
TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #C0BDBC
TertiaryBlack EarthCH 0200 · #24201E

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #120F0D
NeutralSaddle BrownCH 0206 · #4B4745
NeutralStaticCH 0008 · #75706E
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #D8D3D0
NeutralMilkCH 0570 · #F6F0EE
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chromaryclaim its numberIron≈Named after Iron #383838, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

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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

AaMilk on IronLc 93 · passesWCAG 2 · 11.1 : 1
AaIron on MilkLc 90 · passesWCAG 2 · 11.1 : 1

Avoid

AaCharcoal on IronLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.5 : 1
AaIron on CharcoalLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.5 : 1

Harmonies