chromary

≈ TennisText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
accentHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ TennisAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Tennis #38BD2D.chromary

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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#42CD36 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.

Panel on #42CD36#42CD36Set in Panel on #42CD36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#42CD36 on Panel#42CD36Set in #42CD36 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#42CD36 on Iron#42CD36Set in #42CD36 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #42CD36#42CD36Set in Iron on #42CD36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#42CD36 on Forest#42CD36Set in #42CD36 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Forest on #42CD36#42CD36Set in Forest on #42CD36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #42CD36

#42CD36
Red-blind (protanopia)
#42CD36
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#42CD36
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#42CD36
No color (achromatopsia)