chromary

Key Lime≈Ink: auto. Text on this color is black or white, whichever reads better. Tap to set 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, loud, then in your register.

accentFuchsiaCH 0503 · #A42BF5
supportFuchsia IceCH 0515 · #DDBEFF
nightPanelCH 0004 · #0D1106
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF4E6
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chromaryclaim its numberKey Lime≈Named after Key Lime #B9DC8C, its nearest entry in the dictionary.

Official neighbors

CH 0297Key Lime
CH 0262Custard Cream

Official opposites

CH 0515Fuchsia Ice
CH 0091Mauve

Color Values

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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; under 45, avoid it for text. The same measure picks black or white text everywhere on Chromary. The older WCAG 2 ratio is shown small under each for anyone quoting that standard.

Use

AaPanel on Key LimeLc 78 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.3 : 1
AaKey Lime on PanelLc 78 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.3 : 1

Avoid

AaPaper on Key LimeLc 20 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1
AaKey Lime on PaperLc 17 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1

Harmonies

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