chromary

Pink Ice

CH · claim this color

Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
neutralChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperBaby PinkCH 0555 · #F5E6F0

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 ReadsPink Ice 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.

Pink Ice on CharcoalPink IceSet in Pink Ice on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 93 · 15.4:1 WCAG AAA
Charcoal on Pink IcePink IceSet in Charcoal on Pink Ice, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 15.4:1 WCAG AAA
Pink Ice on IronPink IceSet in Pink Ice on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 86 · 9.6:1 WCAG AAA
Iron on Pink IcePink IceSet in Iron on Pink Ice, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 84 · 9.6:1 WCAG AAA
Pink Ice on AsphaltPink IceSet in Pink Ice on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Asphalt on Pink IcePink IceSet in Asphalt on Pink Ice, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Pink Ice on CharcoalThe 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 Pink Ice still stands clearly off Charcoal in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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