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

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
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#AB7397 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 #AB7397#AB7397Set in Milk on #AB7397, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AB7397 on Milk#AB7397Set in #AB7397 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #AB7397#AB7397
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Cherry Blossom on #AB7397#AB7397
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#AB7397 on Charcoal#AB7397
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#AB7397 on Cherry Blossom#AB7397
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #AB7397The 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 #AB7397 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)