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, loud, then in your register.

accentBlue CheckCH 0605 · #1D9BF0
support≈ Periwinkle#6694C0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0

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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#B18656 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Chalk on #B18656#B18656Set in Chalk on #B18656, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.0:1
#B18656 on Chalk#B18656Set in #B18656 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1
Charcoal on #B18656#B18656
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1
#B18656 on Charcoal#B18656
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1
Espresso on #B18656#B18656
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1
Iron on #B18656#B18656
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1

For every eye: Chalk on #B18656

#B18656
Red-blind (protanopia)
#B18656
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#B18656
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#B18656
No color (achromatopsia)