chromary
Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
accent≈ Sky#33C5F7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ QuartzAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Quartz #B892A2.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#A78596 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 #A78596#A78596Set in Pink Milk on #A78596, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#A78596 on Pink Milk#A78596Set in #A78596 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #A78596#A78596
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#A78596 on Charcoal#A78596
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
Espresso on #A78596#A78596
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#A78596 on Espresso#A78596
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Pink Milk on #A78596The 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 #A78596 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)