chromary

≈ Espresso

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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.

accentBlue CheckCH 0605 · #1D9BF0
supportNavyCH 0078 · #1A2B3C
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ EspressoAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Espresso #4B2E2B.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#402910 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.

Chalk on #402910#402910Set in Chalk on #402910, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 95 · 12.3:1 WCAG AAA
#402910 on Chalk#402910Set in #402910 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 93 · 12.3:1 WCAG AAA
Parchment on #402910#402910Set in Parchment on #402910, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#402910 on Parchment#402910Set in #402910 on Parchment, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#402910 on Greige#402910Set in #402910 on Greige, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA
Greige on #402910#402910Set in Greige on #402910, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Chalk on #402910The 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #402910 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#402910
Red-blind (protanopia)
#402910
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#402910
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#402910
No color (achromatopsia)