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

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Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand, primary to paper.

Secondary

SecondaryCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
SecondaryAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF

Tertiary

TertiaryAshCH 0565 · #7A7A7A
TertiarySea MistCH 0361 · #8CA4A1
TertiaryDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #383838

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
NeutralHunterCH 0307 · #1D241F
NeutralCementCH 0566 · #929292
NeutralFeatherCH 0569 · #D7D7D7
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ MinkAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mink #5C5449.chromary

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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

AaPaper on ≈ MinkLc 81 · passesWCAG 2 · 6.5 : 1 · AA
Aa≈ Mink on PaperLc 77 · passesWCAG 2 · 6.5 : 1 · AA

Avoid

AaCharcoal on ≈ MinkLc 17 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.5 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Mink on CharcoalLc 16 · failsWCAG 2 · 2.5 : 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.