chromary

≈ Paprika

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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.

support≈ Clay Rose#86594C
neutralMelonCH 0181 · #B7968B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ PaprikaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Paprika #663B2D.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#612A1B 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.

Chalk on #612A1B#612A1BSet in Chalk on #612A1B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 92 · 10.2:1 WCAG AAA
#612A1B on Chalk#612A1BSet in #612A1B on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 10.2:1 WCAG AAA
Cantaloupe on #612A1B#612A1BSet in Cantaloupe on #612A1B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 7.0:1 WCAG AAA
#612A1B on Cantaloupe#612A1BSet in #612A1B on Cantaloupe, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 7.0:1 WCAG AAA
Sky Flash on #612A1B#612A1BSet in Sky Flash on #612A1B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#612A1B on Sky Flash#612A1BSet in #612A1B on Sky Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #612A1BThe 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #612A1B in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#612A1B
Red-blind (protanopia)
#612A1B
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#612A1B
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#612A1B
No color (achromatopsia)