chromary
The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportSlimeCH 0049 · #39FF14
accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#AA758C 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 #AA758C#AA758CSet in Pink Milk on #AA758C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#AA758C on Pink Milk#AA758CSet in #AA758C on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #AA758C#AA758C
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#AA758C on Aurora#AA758C
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AA758C#AA758C
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Yolk on #AA758C#AA758C
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Milk on #AA758CThe 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 #AA758C 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)