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≈ Milk Tea

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Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
accentBlue CheckCH 0605 · #1D9BF0
neutralPink ShockCH 0120 · #ED0DD9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ Milk TeaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Milk Tea #B18778.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#AD855D 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.

Chalk on #AD855D#AD855DSet in Chalk on #AD855D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#AD855D on Chalk#AD855DSet in #AD855D on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #AD855D#AD855D
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#AD855D on Charcoal#AD855D
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Espresso on #AD855D#AD855D
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Custard on #AD855D#AD855D
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #AD855DThe 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #AD855D 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)