chromary

≈ Eggplant

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
supportForestCH 0061 · #0B3D20
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ EggplantAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Eggplant #3D0C3F.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#3A2654 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.

Citron on #3A2654#3A2654Set in Citron on #3A2654, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 93 · 11.6:1 WCAG AAA
Club Soda on #3A2654#3A2654Set in Club Soda on #3A2654, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 91 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA
#3A2654 on Citron#3A2654Set in #3A2654 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 11.6:1 WCAG AAA
#3A2654 on Club Soda#3A2654Set in #3A2654 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 89 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #3A2654#3A2654Set in Feather on #3A2654, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 77 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#3A2654 on Feather#3A2654Set in #3A2654 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Citron on #3A2654The 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 Citron still stands clearly off #3A2654 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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