chromary

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportPowderCH 0077 · #B0E0E6
neutralArcticCH 0376 · #D1F3F5
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PoolAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pool #71AAAE.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#74BBBB 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.

Charcoal on #74BBBB#74BBBBSet in Charcoal on #74BBBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1
#74BBBB on Charcoal#74BBBBSet in #74BBBB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.5:1
Forest on #74BBBB#74BBBBSet in Forest on #74BBBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1
#74BBBB on Forest#74BBBBSet in #74BBBB on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1
Iron on #74BBBB#74BBBBSet in Iron on #74BBBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1
#74BBBB on Iron#74BBBBSet in #74BBBB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #74BBBB

#74BBBB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#74BBBB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#74BBBB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#74BBBB
No color (achromatopsia)