chromary

≈ IvoryText: 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.

accentElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
supportLilac GlowCH 0486 · #EBE8FD
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ IvoryAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Ivory #EFECD9.chromary

Named neighbors

IvoryCH 0265
PaperCH 0012

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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

AaPanel on ≈ IvoryLc 95 · passesWCAG 2 · 15.8 : 1 · AAA
Aa≈ Ivory on PanelLc 96 · passesWCAG 2 · 15.8 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaParchment on ≈ IvoryLc 16 · failsWCAG 2 · 1.4 : 1 · fails
Aa≈ Ivory on ParchmentLc 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.

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