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≈ Cyan Blue#31BCF7
support≈ Workwear#00698E
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#94480A 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 #94480A#94480ASet in Chalk on #94480A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#94480A on Chalk#94480ASet in #94480A on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Slime on #94480A#94480ASet in Slime on #94480A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
#94480A on Slime#94480ASet in #94480A on Slime, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #94480A#94480ASet in Dust on #94480A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#94480A on Dust#94480ASet in #94480A 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 #94480AThe 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 #94480A 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)