chromary

≈ Strawberry

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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.

supportGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
neutralPeach GlowCH 0197 · #FDE5DE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ StrawberryAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Strawberry #D38683.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#BA8073 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 #BA8073#BA8073Set in Milk on #BA8073, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#BA8073 on Milk#BA8073Set in #BA8073 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Rave on #BA8073#BA8073Set in Rave on #BA8073, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #BA8073#BA8073
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#BA8073 on Rave#BA8073
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#BA8073 on Charcoal#BA8073
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #BA8073The 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 #BA8073 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)