chromary
The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PlumAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Plum #8E4585.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#844472 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 #844472#844472Set in Milk on #844472, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#844472 on Milk#844472Set in #844472 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Rave on #844472#844472Set in Rave on #844472, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#844472 on Rave#844472Set in #844472 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #844472#844472Set in Dust on #844472, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#844472 on Dust#844472Set in #844472 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #844472The 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 #844472 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)