chromary
Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Cranberry#B56667
neutral≈ Dusty Rose#D59D9C
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ RubyAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Ruby #841521.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#912C35 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 #912C35#912C35Set in Milk on #912C35, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 83 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
#912C35 on Milk#912C35Set in #912C35 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Neon Aqua on #912C35#912C35Set in Neon Aqua on #912C35, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#912C35 on Neon Aqua#912C35Set in #912C35 on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Taffy on #912C35#912C35Set in Taffy on #912C35, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
#912C35 on Taffy#912C35Set in #912C35 on Taffy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #912C35The 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 #912C35 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)