chromary

≈ JadeText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
accentRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ JadeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Jade #00A86B.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#50A27C 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 #50A27C#50A27CSet in Paper on #50A27C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#50A27C on Paper#50A27CSet in #50A27C on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #50A27C#50A27CSet in Panel on #50A27C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#50A27C on Panel#50A27C
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Forest on #50A27C#50A27C
Display sizesLc 38 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#50A27C on Forest#50A27C
Display sizesLc 37 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #50A27CThe 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 #50A27C 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)