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#34C9F8
support≈ Marina#51889E
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ MochaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mocha #967969.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#A2735E 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 #A2735E#A2735ESet in Chalk on #A2735E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#A2735E on Chalk#A2735ESet in #A2735E on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Seafoam on #A2735E#A2735ESet in Seafoam on #A2735E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#A2735E on Seafoam#A2735ESet in #A2735E on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Sherbet on #A2735E#A2735E
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#A2735E on Sherbet#A2735E
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #A2735EThe 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 #A2735E 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)