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.

accentRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
supportMochaCH 0096 · #967969
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperFrost GreenCH 0338 · #DFF0EA
claim its number≈ TaupeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Taupe #8B8589.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#64908A 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.

Frost Green on #64908A#64908ASet in Frost Green on #64908A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#64908A on Frost Green#64908ASet in #64908A on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #64908A#64908A
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Tide on #64908A#64908A
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#64908A on Charcoal#64908A
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Sunshine on #64908A#64908A
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Frost Green on #64908AThe 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 Frost Green still stands clearly off #64908A 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)