chromary

≈ Gunmetal Blue

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.

accentHoneyCH 0044 · #EBA937
supportUmberCH 0095 · #635147
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Gunmetal BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Gunmetal Blue #3C485E.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#41576E 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.

Club Soda on #41576E#41576ESet in Club Soda on #41576E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#41576E on Club Soda#41576ESet in #41576E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
Butter on #41576E#41576ESet in Butter on #41576E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#41576E on Butter#41576ESet in #41576E on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
Fog on #41576E#41576ESet in Fog on #41576E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA
#41576E on Fog#41576ESet in #41576E on Fog, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #41576EThe 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #41576E 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)