chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
support≈ Faded Rose#B06B88
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ TealAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Teal #008C8C.chromary

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 Reads#39967E 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 #39967E#39967ESet in Paper on #39967E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#39967E on Paper#39967ESet in #39967E on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #39967E#39967E
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Spearmint on #39967E#39967E
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#39967E on Charcoal#39967E
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#39967E on Spearmint#39967E
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Paper on #39967EThe 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 #39967E 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)