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Color

A color is never alone. Put red beside green and both grow louder; put it on cream and it rests. What you are choosing is a relationship.

Six instruments for the recurring color problems in digital work. They use OKLCH, so steps look even to the eye, and every value is one click from your clipboard.

  1. 01PickChoose a color by light, strength and hueYou need a color, not a hex code you found somewhereIn preparation
  2. 02ScaleEven tints and shades from one colorYour grays and tints look uneven because they were made in HSLIn preparation
  3. 03ContrastCheck a text color against a backgroundYou are not sure the gray text passes/color/contrast
  4. 04HarmonyColors that sit well with oneYou have one brand color and need four moreIn preparation
  5. 05ConvertAny color format into every otherThe design file says one thing, the code wants anotherIn preparation
  6. 06BlendWhat two colors make togetherOverlays and multiplies come out muddyIn preparation