chromary

≈ Camellia

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
supportSignal GreenCH 0324 · #22836B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ CamelliaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Camellia #A35378.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#A3658B 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 #A3658B#A3658BSet in Milk on #A3658B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
Lemon on #A3658B#A3658BSet in Lemon on #A3658B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#A3658B on Milk#A3658BSet in #A3658B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#A3658B on Lemon#A3658BSet in #A3658B on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Cherry Blossom on #A3658B#A3658B
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#A3658B on Cherry Blossom#A3658B
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #A3658BThe 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 #A3658B 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)