chromary

≈ Y2K Chrome

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
supportSandCH 0099 · #C2B280
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Y2K ChromeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Y2K Chrome #B3BCC9.chromary

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.

How It Reads#A4BEEB 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.

Ink on #A4BEEB#A4BEEBSet in Ink on #A4BEEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BEEB on Ink#A4BEEBSet in #A4BEEB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #A4BEEB#A4BEEBSet in Navy on #A4BEEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BEEB on Navy#A4BEEBSet in #A4BEEB on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BEEB on Gunmetal#A4BEEBSet in #A4BEEB on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #A4BEEB#A4BEEBSet in Gunmetal on #A4BEEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #A4BEEBThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #A4BEEB in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)