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.

accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
support≈ Aquamarine#6E9B92
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ QuartzAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Quartz #B892A2.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#AB848E 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 #AB848E#AB848ESet in Pink Milk on #AB848E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #AB848E#AB848ESet in Aqua on #AB848E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#AB848E on Pink Milk#AB848ESet in #AB848E on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#AB848E on Aqua#AB848ESet in #AB848E on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AB848E#AB848E
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#AB848E on Charcoal#AB848E
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Pink Milk on #AB848EThe 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 #AB848E 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)