chromary

≈ PistachioText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
accentPink ShockCH 0120 · #ED0DD9
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ PistachioAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pistachio #93C572.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#96BA6C 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.

Panel on #96BA6C#96BA6CSet in Panel on #96BA6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#96BA6C on Panel#96BA6CSet in #96BA6C on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #96BA6C#96BA6CSet in Forest on #96BA6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#96BA6C on Forest#96BA6CSet in #96BA6C on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #96BA6C#96BA6CSet in Iron on #96BA6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#96BA6C on Iron#96BA6CSet in #96BA6C on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #96BA6CThe 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 Panel still stands clearly off #96BA6C in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#96BA6C
Red-blind (protanopia)
#96BA6C
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#96BA6C
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#96BA6C
No color (achromatopsia)