chromary

≈ Camellia

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≈ Rose Pink#B4599B
neutral≈ Orchid Pop#A75EAE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ CamelliaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Camellia #A35378.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#BD5685 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.

Pink Milk on #BD5685#BD5685Set in Pink Milk on #BD5685, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#BD5685 on Pink Milk#BD5685Set in #BD5685 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #BD5685#BD5685Set in Aurora on #BD5685, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#BD5685 on Aurora#BD5685
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Yolk on #BD5685#BD5685
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Neon Blush on #BD5685#BD5685
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Milk on #BD5685The 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 Pink Milk still stands clearly off #BD5685 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)