chromary

≈ Lo-FiText: 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.

accentElectric LemonCH 0270 · #EFF746
support≈ Sand#AFB463
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Lo-FiAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lo-Fi #B49BC8.chromary

Named neighbors

Lo-FiCH 0597
HyacinthCH 0472

Named opposites

SandCH 0099
PistachioCH 0062

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#AEA1EA 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 #AEA1EA#AEA1EASet in Ink on #AEA1EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#AEA1EA on Ink#AEA1EASet in #AEA1EA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
Royal Purple on #AEA1EA#AEA1EASet in Royal Purple on #AEA1EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#AEA1EA on Royal Purple#AEA1EASet in #AEA1EA on Royal Purple, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #AEA1EA#AEA1EASet in Iron on #AEA1EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#AEA1EA on Iron#AEA1EASet in #AEA1EA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #AEA1EA

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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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