chromary
Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

support≈ Claret#2D0000
neutralObsidianCH 0559 · #030303
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ MaroonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Maroon #650021.chromary

Color Values

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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#5C1912 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 #5C1912#5C1912Set in Milk on #5C1912, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 93 · 11.7:1 WCAG AAA
#5C1912 on Milk#5C1912Set in #5C1912 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 11.7:1 WCAG AAA
Feather on #5C1912#5C1912Set in Feather on #5C1912, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#5C1912 on Feather#5C1912Set in #5C1912 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
Neon Aqua on #5C1912#5C1912Set in Neon Aqua on #5C1912, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#5C1912 on Neon Aqua#5C1912Set in #5C1912 on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #5C1912The 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 #5C1912 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#5C1912
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#5C1912
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#5C1912
No color (achromatopsia)