chromary

≈ Faded Rose

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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.

accentAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
supportJadeCH 0059 · #00A86B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#BD6997 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 #BD6997#BD6997Set in Pink Milk on #BD6997, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#BD6997 on Pink Milk#BD6997Set in #BD6997 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #BD6997#BD6997
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Neon Blush on #BD6997#BD6997
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#BD6997 on Charcoal#BD6997
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#BD6997 on Neon Blush#BD6997
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Milk on #BD6997The 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 #BD6997 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)