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

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Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand, primary to paper.

Secondary

SecondaryViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
SecondaryHazardCH 0029 · #FF6700
SecondaryAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00

Tertiary

TertiarySilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
TertiaryAshCH 0565 · #7A7A7A
TertiaryShaleCH 0577 · #5B646F
TertiaryGunmetalCH 0576 · #333C45

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
NeutralGraphiteCH 0006 · #2B2B2E
NeutralCementCH 0566 · #929292
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
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ContrastGraded by APCA, the Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm, which measures how strongly text stands off its ground the way eyes see it, as lightness contrast (Lc) from 0 to about 106. Lc 60 and up reads as body text, 45 to 60 as large text and headlines, 30 to 45 at display sizes only (a logo, a big headline); under 30, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio and its grade (AAA, AA, AA large) are shown small under each for anyone working to that standard.

Use

AaCharcoal on ≈ PowderLc 82 · passesWCAG 2 · 13.1 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Powder on CharcoalLc 82 · passesWCAG 2 · 13.1 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaClub Soda on ≈ PowderLc 13 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.2 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Powder on Club SodaLc 11 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.2 : 1 · fails

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.