chromary

≈ Hessian

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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.

supportCementCH 0566 · #929292
neutralGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ HessianAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hessian #826F4B.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#746240 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 #746240#746240Set in Paper on #746240, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.2:1
Electric Lemon on #746240#746240Set in Electric Lemon on #746240, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.1:1
#746240 on Paper#746240Set in #746240 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.2:1
#746240 on Electric Lemon#746240Set in #746240 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.1:1
Feather on #746240#746240Set in Feather on #746240, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.1:1
#746240 on Feather#746240Set in #746240 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.1:1

For every eye: Paper on #746240

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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)