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

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
accentAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
neutralUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ TaupeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Taupe #8B8589.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#A67A89 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.

Pink Milk on #A67A89#A67A89Set in Pink Milk on #A67A89, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#A67A89 on Pink Milk#A67A89Set in #A67A89 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #A67A89#A67A89
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #A67A89#A67A89
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#A67A89 on Aurora#A67A89
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Yolk on #A67A89#A67A89
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Milk on #A67A89The 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 Pink Milk still stands clearly off #A67A89 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)