chromary

≈ LinenText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand, primary to paper.

Secondary

SecondaryUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
SecondaryPink ShockCH 0120 · #ED0DD9

Tertiary

TertiaryGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
TertiaryTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
TertiaryPewterCH 0564 · #636363
TertiaryIronCH 0562 · #383838

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
NeutralSlate TealCH 0349 · #3F4A49
NeutralStaticCH 0008 · #737479
NeutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
Neutral≈ Fog#CBCCC9
claim its number≈ LinenAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Linen #F0EAE8.chromary

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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 ≈ LinenLc 94 · passesWCAG 2 · 15.9 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Linen on CharcoalLc 95 · passesWCAG 2 · 15.9 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaFog on ≈ LinenLc 17 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Linen on FogLc 19 · 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.