chromary

≈ Persimmon

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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.

accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
supportPineCH 0060 · #01796F
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PersimmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Persimmon #9E5E4A.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#88524A 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 #88524A#88524ASet in Milk on #88524A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 77 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#88524A on Milk#88524ASet in #88524A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Rave on #88524A#88524ASet in Rave on #88524A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
#88524A on Rave#88524ASet in #88524A on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #88524A#88524ASet in Feather on #88524A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
#88524A on Feather#88524ASet in #88524A on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #88524AThe 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 #88524A 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)