chromary

≈ Caramel

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

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.

support≈ Faded Rose#BC716E
neutral≈ Watermelon#BB707E
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CaramelAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Caramel #AF6F35.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#BB745E 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.

Chalk on #BB745E#BB745ESet in Chalk on #BB745E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#BB745E on Chalk#BB745ESet in #BB745E on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #BB745E#BB745ESet in Rave on #BB745E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#BB745E on Rave#BB745ESet in #BB745E on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #BB745E#BB745E
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#BB745E on Charcoal#BB745E
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #BB745EThe 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #BB745E 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)