chromary

≈ Rosewood Dust

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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.

supportTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
neutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ Rosewood DustAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Rosewood Dust #56404F.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#6B485B 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.

Pink Milk on #6B485B#6B485BSet in Pink Milk on #6B485B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
Seafoam on #6B485B#6B485BSet in Seafoam on #6B485B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#6B485B on Pink Milk#6B485BSet in #6B485B on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#6B485B on Seafoam#6B485BSet in #6B485B on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #6B485B#6B485BSet in Feather on #6B485B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#6B485B on Feather#6B485BSet in #6B485B on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Pink Milk on #6B485BThe 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 Pink Milk still stands clearly off #6B485B 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)