chromary

≈ Espresso

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
accentElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
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#452918 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 #452918#452918Set in Chalk on #452918, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 95 · 12.0:1 WCAG AAA
#452918 on Chalk#452918Set in #452918 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 12.0:1 WCAG AAA
Shrimp on #452918#452918Set in Shrimp on #452918, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#452918 on Shrimp#452918Set in #452918 on Shrimp, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#452918 on Cyan Blue#452918Set in #452918 on Cyan Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Cyan Blue on #452918#452918Set in Cyan Blue on #452918, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #452918The 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 #452918 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)
#452918
No color (achromatopsia)