chromary
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.

accentSky FlashCH 0407 · #79DEFA
supportPetrolCH 0064 · #005F6B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ WalnutAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Walnut #773F1A.chromary

Color Values

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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#89412F 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.

Chalk on #89412F#89412FSet in Chalk on #89412F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 82 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#89412F on Chalk#89412FSet in #89412F on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
Sky Flash on #89412F#89412FSet in Sky Flash on #89412F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
#89412F on Sky Flash#89412FSet in #89412F on Sky Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
Creamsicle on #89412F#89412FSet in Creamsicle on #89412F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA
#89412F on Creamsicle#89412FSet in #89412F on Creamsicle, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #89412FThe 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #89412F in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#89412F
Red-blind (protanopia)
#89412F
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#89412F
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#89412F
No color (achromatopsia)