chromary

≈ Burgundy

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportMaroonCH 0115 · #650021
neutral≈ Charcoal#270005
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ BurgundyAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Burgundy #6B343F.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#893E49 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 #893E49#893E49Set in Milk on #893E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#893E49 on Milk#893E49Set in #893E49 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 77 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
Aqua on #893E49#893E49Set in Aqua on #893E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#893E49 on Aqua#893E49Set in #893E49 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Taffy on #893E49#893E49Set in Taffy on #893E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA
#893E49 on Taffy#893E49Set in #893E49 on Taffy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #893E49The 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 #893E49 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)