chromary
Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
accent≈ Sky#33C4F9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ DamsonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Damson #5D1451.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#511C3A 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.

Pink Milk on #511C3A#511C3ASet in Pink Milk on #511C3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 89 · 11.1:1 WCAG AAA
#511C3A on Pink Milk#511C3ASet in #511C3A on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 87 · 11.1:1 WCAG AAA
Aurora on #511C3A#511C3ASet in Aurora on #511C3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#511C3A on Aurora#511C3ASet in #511C3A on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
Sakura on #511C3A#511C3ASet in Sakura on #511C3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#511C3A on Sakura#511C3ASet in #511C3A on Sakura, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Pink Milk on #511C3AThe 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 Pink Milk still stands clearly off #511C3A 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)