chromary

≈ Watermelon

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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
supportLagoonCH 0065 · #00A5A5
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ WatermelonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Watermelon #D48493.chromary

Color Values

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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#B97D8C 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 #B97D8C#B97D8CSet in Milk on #B97D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#B97D8C on Milk#B97D8CSet in #B97D8C on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #B97D8C#B97D8CSet in Aqua on #B97D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#B97D8C on Aqua#B97D8CSet in #B97D8C on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #B97D8C#B97D8C
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#B97D8C on Charcoal#B97D8C
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #B97D8C

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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)