chromary

≈ CementText: 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.

accentHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
supportTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ CementAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cement #929292.chromary

Named neighbors

CementCH 0566
CeladonCH 0326

Named opposites

TaupeCH 0100
QuartzCH 0542

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.

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How It Reads#73988D 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.

Paper on #73988D#73988DSet in Paper on #73988D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#73988D on Paper#73988DSet in #73988D on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #73988D#73988D
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#73988D on Charcoal#73988D
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #73988D#73988D
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#73988D on Iron#73988D
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #73988D

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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)