chromary

≈ Plum Grey

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
support≈ Pine Needle#445C3D
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Plum GreyAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Plum Grey #534055.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#624A69 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.

Pink Mist on #624A69#624A69Set in Pink Mist on #624A69, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#624A69 on Pink Mist#624A69Set in #624A69 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
Glow Stick on #624A69#624A69Set in Glow Stick on #624A69, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#624A69 on Glow Stick#624A69Set in #624A69 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Mauve Mist on #624A69#624A69Set in Mauve Mist on #624A69, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
#624A69 on Mauve Mist#624A69Set in #624A69 on Mauve Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Pink Mist on #624A69The 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 Pink Mist still stands clearly off #624A69 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)
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No color (achromatopsia)