chromary

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

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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, loud, then in your register.

accentAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
supportForestCH 0061 · #0B3D20
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ ShirazAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Shiraz #400626.chromary

Named neighbors

ShirazCH 0528
EggplantCH 0090

Named opposites

ForestCH 0061
Deep MossCH 0276

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, 30 to 45 at display sizes only (a logo, a big headline); under 30, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio and its grade (AAA, AA, AA large) are shown small under each for anyone working to that standard.

Use

AaPink Milk on ≈ ShirazLc 90 · passesWCAG 2 · 11.8 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Shiraz on Pink MilkLc 88 · passesWCAG 2 · 11.8 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaCharcoal on ≈ ShirazLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Shiraz on CharcoalLc 0 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 1 · fails

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.

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