chromary

≈ Dark Olive

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.

accentViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
support≈ Deep Orchid#654574
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Dark OliveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Dark Olive #39510F.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#3F5E2C 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.

Paper on #3F5E2C#3F5E2CSet in Paper on #3F5E2C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
Lemon on #3F5E2C#3F5E2CSet in Lemon on #3F5E2C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#3F5E2C on Paper#3F5E2CSet in #3F5E2C on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#3F5E2C on Lemon#3F5E2CSet in #3F5E2C on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
Seafoam on #3F5E2C#3F5E2CSet in Seafoam on #3F5E2C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#3F5E2C on Seafoam#3F5E2CSet in #3F5E2C on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #3F5E2CThe 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 Paper still stands clearly off #3F5E2C in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#3F5E2C
Red-blind (protanopia)
#3F5E2C
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#3F5E2C
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#3F5E2C
No color (achromatopsia)