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.

accent≈ Sky#34C9F6
support≈ Petrol#006A86
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ AuburnAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Auburn #9A3001.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#904929 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 #904929#904929Set in Chalk on #904929, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#904929 on Chalk#904929Set in #904929 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Aqua on #904929#904929Set in Aqua on #904929, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#904929 on Aqua#904929Set in #904929 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #904929#904929Set in Dust on #904929, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#904929 on Dust#904929Set in #904929 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Chalk on #904929The 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 #904929 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)