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

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
neutralElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#A57770 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 #A57770#A57770Set in Milk on #A57770, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#A57770 on Milk#A57770Set in #A57770 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Bone on #A57770#A57770Set in Bone on #A57770, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Rave on #A57770#A57770Set in Rave on #A57770, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#A57770 on Bone#A57770Set in #A57770 on Bone, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#A57770 on Rave#A57770Set in #A57770 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #A57770The 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 #A57770 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)