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.

accentNasturtiumCH 0186 · #EB7C2B
supportUmberCH 0095 · #635147
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ ShaleAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Shale #5B646F.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#456270 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.

Club Soda on #456270#456270Set in Club Soda on #456270, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Electric Lemon on #456270#456270Set in Electric Lemon on #456270, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#456270 on Club Soda#456270Set in #456270 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#456270 on Electric Lemon#456270Set in #456270 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #456270#456270Set in Feather on #456270, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA
#456270 on Feather#456270Set in #456270 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #456270The 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #456270 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)