chromary

≈ Tortoiseshell

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportHazelnutCH 0213 · #896B4B
neutralCementCH 0566 · #929292
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ TortoiseshellAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Tortoiseshell #5B430F.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#523600 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 #523600#523600Set in Paper on #523600, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 89 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAA
#523600 on Paper#523600Set in #523600 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 86 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #523600#523600Set in Feather on #523600, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
#523600 on Feather#523600Set in #523600 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
Greige on #523600#523600Set in Greige on #523600, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#523600 on Greige#523600Set in #523600 on Greige, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #523600The 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 #523600 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)