chromary

≈ SandText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for 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.

accentViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.chromary

Named neighbors

SandCH 0099
Matcha LatteCH 0589

Named opposites

LilacCH 0088
Lo-FiCH 0597

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#A1B993 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 #A1B993#A1B993Set in Panel on #A1B993, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#A1B993 on Panel#A1B993Set in #A1B993 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #A1B993#A1B993Set in Forest on #A1B993, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#A1B993 on Forest#A1B993Set in #A1B993 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#A1B993 on Iron#A1B993Set in #A1B993 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #A1B993#A1B993Set in Iron on #A1B993, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #A1B993

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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)