chromary

Slate≈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

SecondaryUltramarineCH 0080 · #4327F2
SecondaryRoseCH 0022 · #F62A79
SecondarySunCH 0041 · #FAD538

Tertiary

TertiaryMineralCH 0355 · #687A77
TertiarySea MistCH 0361 · #91A19E
TertiaryDustCH 0568 · #BDCAC8
TertiaryGraphiteCH 0006 · #21322F

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #031311
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #343D3B
NeutralPewterCH 0564 · #5C6664
NeutralSilverCH 0578 · #ACB7B5
NeutralFrost GreenCH 0338 · #E4F6F3
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chromaryclaim its numberSlate≈Named after Slate #4D4D4D, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

Official neighbors

CH 0563Slate
CH 0314Juniper

Color Values

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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

AaFrost Green on SlateLc 84 · passesWCAG 2 · 7.1 : 1
AaSlate on Frost GreenLc 80 · passesWCAG 2 · 7.1 : 1

Avoid

AaCharcoal on SlateLc 16 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.4 : 1
AaSlate on CharcoalLc 14 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.4 : 1

Harmonies

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