chromary

≈ Pompeii

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportBeetrootCH 0107 · #A50055
neutral≈ Raspberry Wine#A31B85
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PompeiiAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pompeii #A90636.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#B50049 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 #B50049#B50049Set in Milk on #B50049, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 77 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#B50049 on Milk#B50049Set in #B50049 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Aqua on #B50049#B50049Set in Aqua on #B50049, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#B50049 on Aqua#B50049Set in #B50049 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #B50049#B50049Set in Dust on #B50049, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#B50049 on Dust#B50049Set in #B50049 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #B50049The 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 #B50049 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)