chromary

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

CH · claim this color

Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
accentSignalCH 0018 · #FF2D2D
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6

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

AaPanel on EmeraldLc 61 · passesWCAG 2 · 8.6 : 1 · AAA
AaEmerald on PanelLc 60 · passesWCAG 2 · 8.6 : 1 · AAA

Avoid

AaPaper on EmeraldLc 36 · display sizesWCAG 2 · 1.9 : 1 · fails
AaEmerald on PaperLc 33 · display sizesWCAG 2 · 1.9 : 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.