chromary

≈ Dark Rust

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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.

supportEspressoCH 0092 · #4B2E2B
neutralUmberCH 0095 · #635147
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Dark RustAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Dark Rust #3E1104.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#2A0300 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.

Milk on #2A0300#2A0300Set in Milk on #2A0300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 16.8:1 WCAG AAA
#2A0300 on Milk#2A0300Set in #2A0300 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 97 · 16.8:1 WCAG AAA
Aqua on #2A0300#2A0300Set in Aqua on #2A0300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 91 · 15.0:1 WCAG AAA
#2A0300 on Aqua#2A0300Set in #2A0300 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 15.0:1 WCAG AAA
#2A0300 on Feather#2A0300Set in #2A0300 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 13.1:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #2A0300#2A0300Set in Feather on #2A0300, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 13.1:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #2A0300The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #2A0300 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#2A0300
Red-blind (protanopia)
#2A0300
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#2A0300
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#2A0300
No color (achromatopsia)