chromary

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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.

accentFuchsiaCH 0503 · #9B28DF
supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.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#A3BA86 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Panel on #A3BA86#A3BA86Set in Panel on #A3BA86, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1
#A3BA86 on Panel#A3BA86Set in #A3BA86 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.7:1
Forest on #A3BA86#A3BA86Set in Forest on #A3BA86, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.8:1
#A3BA86 on Forest#A3BA86Set in #A3BA86 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.8:1
#A3BA86 on Iron#A3BA86Set in #A3BA86 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1
Iron on #A3BA86#A3BA86Set in Iron on #A3BA86, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Panel on #A3BA86

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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)