chromary
Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
accentBright AzureCH 0432 · #1B63F1
neutralHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ MochaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mocha #967969.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#A08758 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.

Paper on #A08758#A08758Set in Paper on #A08758, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#A08758 on Paper#A08758Set in #A08758 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #A08758#A08758
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#A08758 on Charcoal#A08758
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Almond on #A08758#A08758
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
Iron on #A08758#A08758
Display sizesLc 33 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #A08758The 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 Paper still stands clearly off #A08758 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)