chromary

≈ Taupe

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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.

accentHoneyCH 0044 · #EBA937
supportMochaCH 0096 · #967969
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ TaupeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Taupe #8B8589.chromary

Named neighbors

LucienneToits de ParisCH 0610
offlineSteelCH 0621

Named opposites

MochaCH 0096
MushroomCH 0572

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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.

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How It Reads#6B86AB 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.

Club Soda on #6B86AB#6B86ABSet in Club Soda on #6B86AB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.2:1
#6B86AB on Club Soda#6B86ABSet in #6B86AB on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1
Forget Me Not on #6B86AB#6B86AB
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1
Ink on #6B86AB#6B86AB
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.3:1
#6B86AB on Ink#6B86AB
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.3:1
#6B86AB on Forget Me Not#6B86AB
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.4:1

For every eye: Club Soda on #6B86AB

#6B86AB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#6B86AB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#6B86AB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#6B86AB
No color (achromatopsia)