chromary

Biscuit≈Ink: auto. Text on this color is black or white, whichever reads better. Tap to set white.

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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, loud, then in your register.

accentBright AzureCH 0432 · #1769F1
supportStaticCH 0008 · #6F7277
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #110F0B
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F5F1EC
no number yet
chromaryclaim its numberBiscuit≈Named after Biscuit #797061, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

Official neighbors

CH 0212Biscuit
CH 0247Hay

Color Values

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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; under 45, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio is shown small under each for anyone quoting that standard.

Use

AaChalk on BiscuitLc 70 · passesWCAG 2 · 4.3 : 1
AaBiscuit on ChalkLc 66 · passesWCAG 2 · 4.3 : 1

Avoid

AaCharcoal on BiscuitLc 30 · failsWCAG 2 · 3.9 : 1
AaBiscuit on CharcoalLc 28 · failsWCAG 2 · 3.9 : 1

Harmonies

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