chromary

≈ Gunmetal

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportShaleCH 0577 · #5B646F
neutralCementCH 0566 · #929292
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ GunmetalAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Gunmetal #333C45.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#473248 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.

Milk on #473248#473248Set in Milk on #473248, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 91 · 10.3:1 WCAG AAA
#473248 on Milk#473248Set in #473248 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 10.3:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #473248#473248Set in Feather on #473248, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Glow Stick on #473248#473248Set in Glow Stick on #473248, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA
#473248 on Feather#473248Set in #473248 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#473248 on Glow Stick#473248Set in #473248 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #473248The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #473248 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)