chromary

≈ Soft Launch

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

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

support≈ Glow Stick#88FD3A
accent≈ Royal#1F80F3
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Soft LaunchAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Soft Launch #ECD0CB.chromary

Color Values

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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.

How It Reads#F3CFD0 set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Charcoal on #F3CFD0#F3CFD0Set in Charcoal on #F3CFD0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA
#F3CFD0 on Charcoal#F3CFD0Set in #F3CFD0 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA
#F3CFD0 on Espresso#F3CFD0Set in #F3CFD0 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #F3CFD0#F3CFD0Set in Espresso on #F3CFD0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#F3CFD0 on Clay#F3CFD0Set in #F3CFD0 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
Clay on #F3CFD0#F3CFD0Set in Clay on #F3CFD0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #F3CFD0The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Charcoal still stands clearly off #F3CFD0 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)