chromary

≈ Espresso

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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.

accent≈ Cyan Blue#30BCF9
supportDeep SeaCH 0070 · #0B3D5C
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#522501 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Chalk on #522501#522501Set in Chalk on #522501, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 95 · 11.7:1
#522501 on Chalk#522501Set in #522501 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 11.7:1
Sherbet on #522501#522501Set in Sherbet on #522501, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 8.1:1
#522501 on Sherbet#522501Set in #522501 on Sherbet, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 8.1:1
#522501 on Cyan Blue#522501Set in #522501 on Cyan Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.0:1
Cyan Blue on #522501#522501Set in Cyan Blue on #522501, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.0:1

For every eye: Chalk on #522501

#522501
Red-blind (protanopia)
#522501
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#522501
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#522501
No color (achromatopsia)