chromary

≈ SandstoneText: 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, loud, then in your register.

accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
supportPale MauveCH 0475 · #CBCDD9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SandstoneAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sandstone #D9CAC5.chromary

Named neighbors

SandstoneCH 0187
ShrimpCH 0188

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, 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 ≈ SandstoneLc 78 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.3 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Sandstone on CharcoalLc 78 · passesWCAG 2 · 12.3 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaChalk on ≈ SandstoneLc 20 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Sandstone on ChalkLc 18 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 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.

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