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
supportTealCH 0063 · #008C8C
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ MochaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mocha #967969.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#AF7277 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 #AF7277#AF7277Set in Milk on #AF7277, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Lemon on #AF7277#AF7277Set in Lemon on #AF7277, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AF7277 on Milk#AF7277Set in #AF7277 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#AF7277 on Lemon#AF7277Set in #AF7277 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Aqua on #AF7277#AF7277Set in Aqua on #AF7277, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#AF7277 on Aqua#AF7277Set in #AF7277 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #AF7277The 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 #AF7277 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)