chromary

CeleryText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

CH · claim this color

Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportLichenCH 0283 · #6C7562
neutralThymeCH 0278 · #3F4C3D
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6

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.

How It ReadsCelery 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 CeleryCelerySet in Panel on Celery, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 6.9:1 WCAG AA
Celery on PanelCelerySet in Celery on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.9:1 WCAG AA
Army on CeleryCelerySet in Army on Celery, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Celery on ArmyCelerySet in Celery on Army, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Paper on CeleryCelerySet in Paper on Celery, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Iron on CeleryCelery
Display sizesLc 43 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Panel on Celery

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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)