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, loud, then in your register.

accentHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
support≈ Taupe#AC798D
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
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#5B9886 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Paper on #5B9886#5B9886Set in Paper on #5B9886, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1
#5B9886 on Paper#5B9886Set in #5B9886 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1
Charcoal on #5B9886#5B9886
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.6:1
#5B9886 on Charcoal#5B9886
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.6:1
Surf Foam on #5B9886#5B9886
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.1:1
Forest on #5B9886#5B9886
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1

For every eye: Paper on #5B9886

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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)