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.

accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
support≈ Lilac Bloom#9FAAE3
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.chromary

Named neighbors

SandCH 0099
Quiet LuxuryCH 0594

Named opposites

Lilac BloomCH 0471
Lo-FiCH 0597

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#BEAE70 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.

Panel on #BEAE70#BEAE70Set in Panel on #BEAE70, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#BEAE70 on Panel#BEAE70Set in #BEAE70 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #BEAE70#BEAE70Set in Espresso on #BEAE70, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#BEAE70 on Espresso#BEAE70Set in #BEAE70 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BEAE70#BEAE70Set in Iron on #BEAE70, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#BEAE70 on Iron#BEAE70Set in #BEAE70 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #BEAE70

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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)