chromary
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.

accentMint FlashCH 0335 · #44F0A0
support≈ Camo#5D967B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ TaupeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Taupe #8B8589.chromary

Color Values

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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#A77693 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 #A77693#A77693Set in Milk on #A77693, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#A77693 on Milk#A77693Set in #A77693 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #A77693#A77693
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Sakura on #A77693#A77693
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#A77693 on Charcoal#A77693
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#A77693 on Sakura#A77693
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #A77693The 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 #A77693 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)