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.

accentElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
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

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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#AFB686 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.

Panel on #AFB686#AFB686Set in Panel on #AFB686, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.6:1
#AFB686 on Panel#AFB686Set in #AFB686 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.6:1
#AFB686 on Forest#AFB686Set in #AFB686 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1
Forest on #AFB686#AFB686Set in Forest on #AFB686, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1
#AFB686 on Olive Grey#AFB686Set in #AFB686 on Olive Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1
Olive Grey on #AFB686#AFB686Set in Olive Grey on #AFB686, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1

For every eye: Panel on #AFB686

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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)