chromary

≈ Smoky Plum

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
support≈ Camo#5E976A
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Smoky PlumAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Smoky Plum #826786.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#A673A1 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 #A673A1#A673A1Set in Milk on #A673A1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#A673A1 on Milk#A673A1Set in #A673A1 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #A673A1#A673A1
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Cherry Blossom on #A673A1#A673A1
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#A673A1 on Ink#A673A1
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#A673A1 on Cherry Blossom#A673A1
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #A673A1The 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 #A673A1 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)