chromary

≈ Espresso

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
supportGunmetalCH 0576 · #333C45
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ EspressoAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Espresso #4B2E2B.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#4D2C30 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 #4D2C30#4D2C30Set in Milk on #4D2C30, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA
#4D2C30 on Milk#4D2C30Set in #4D2C30 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 89 · 10.9:1 WCAG AAA
Rave on #4D2C30#4D2C30Set in Rave on #4D2C30, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#4D2C30 on Rave#4D2C30Set in #4D2C30 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #4D2C30#4D2C30Set in Feather on #4D2C30, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#4D2C30 on Feather#4D2C30Set in #4D2C30 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #4D2C30The 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 #4D2C30 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#4D2C30
Red-blind (protanopia)
#4D2C30
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#4D2C30
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#4D2C30
No color (achromatopsia)