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category: Foundations
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A chip is the small square-ish object at `--r-xs`: an inline tag, a filter, a count.
It is **not** a plate — a plate is `--r-pill` and carries a borrowed name, and the
distinction is the pack's whole discipline. Reaching for `Chip` where the content is
somebody else's name spends the round shape without buying the meaning.

`accent` tints with `--accent-wash` rather than filling with `--accent`.

```tsx
<Chip>Distribution</Chip>
<Chip tone="accent" selected>Authority</Chip>
```