chromary
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.

supportWet SlateCH 0654 · #525C5E
neutralBay LeafCH 0649 · #788C7C
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ ForestAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Forest #0B3D20.chromary

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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#18391E 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.

Paper on #18391E#18391ESet in Paper on #18391E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 11.2:1 WCAG AAA
#18391E on Paper#18391ESet in #18391E on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 11.2:1 WCAG AAA
Pale Jade on #18391E#18391ESet in Pale Jade on #18391E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#18391E on Pale Jade#18391ESet in #18391E on Pale Jade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#18391E on Gorp#18391ESet in #18391E on Gorp, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#18391E on Pebble#18391ESet in #18391E on Pebble, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #18391EThe 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 Paper still stands clearly off #18391E 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)