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≈ Faded Rose

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

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Dusk#A26E84
neutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
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#BF5787 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.

Electric Lemon on #BF5787#BF5787Set in Electric Lemon on #BF5787, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Milk on #BF5787#BF5787Set in Pink Milk on #BF5787, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
#BF5787 on Electric Lemon#BF5787Set in #BF5787 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#BF5787 on Pink Milk#BF5787Set in #BF5787 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Blush on #BF5787#BF5787
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#BF5787 on Neon Blush#BF5787
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Electric Lemon on #BF5787The 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 Electric Lemon still stands clearly off #BF5787 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)