chromary

≈ Sea Salt

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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.

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claim its number≈ Sea SaltAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sea Salt #E0EEEF.chromary

Named neighbors

Sea SaltCH 0374
FrostCH 0409

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 ≈ Sea SaltLc 90 · passesWCAG 2 · 14.9 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Sea Salt on CharcoalLc 90 · passesWCAG 2 · 14.9 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaFog on ≈ Sea SaltLc 13 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Sea Salt on FogLc 15 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.3 : 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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