chromary

≈ Persimmon

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Quiet Luxury#D59C92
neutralPeachCH 0035 · #FFD7C7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PersimmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Persimmon #9E5E4A.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#AF695D 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 #AF695D#AF695DSet in Milk on #AF695D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#AF695D on Milk#AF695DSet in #AF695D on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #AF695D#AF695DSet in Rave on #AF695D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#AF695D on Rave#AF695DSet in #AF695D on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Taffy on #AF695D#AF695D
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#AF695D on Taffy#AF695D
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #AF695DThe 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 #AF695D 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)