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≈ Faded Rose

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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.

support≈ Flamingo#E1A09B
neutralPeachCH 0035 · #FFD7C7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Faded RoseAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Faded Rose #CF6275.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#BC6B66 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 #BC6B66#BC6B66Set in Milk on #BC6B66, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#BC6B66 on Milk#BC6B66Set in #BC6B66 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Glow Stick on #BC6B66#BC6B66Set in Glow Stick on #BC6B66, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#BC6B66 on Glow Stick#BC6B66
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Taffy on #BC6B66#BC6B66
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #BC6B66#BC6B66
Display sizesLc 37 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #BC6B66

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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)