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.

accentRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
support≈ Mocha#B17581
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperFrost GreenCH 0338 · #DFF0EA
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.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#4C9890 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.

Frost Green on #4C9890#4C9890Set in Frost Green on #4C9890, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#4C9890 on Frost Green#4C9890Set in #4C9890 on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Butter on #4C9890#4C9890Set in Butter on #4C9890, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#4C9890 on Butter#4C9890
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #4C9890#4C9890
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#4C9890 on Charcoal#4C9890
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Frost Green on #4C9890The 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 Frost Green still stands clearly off #4C9890 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)