chromary

≈ MelonText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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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.

supportDusty RoseCH 0145 · #B89499
neutralQuartzCH 0542 · #B892A2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ MelonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Melon #B7968B.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#BF928A 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.

Charcoal on #BF928A#BF928ASet in Charcoal on #BF928A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
Milk on #BF928A#BF928ASet in Milk on #BF928A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#BF928A on Charcoal#BF928ASet in #BF928A on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#BF928A on Milk#BF928ASet in #BF928A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Espresso on #BF928A#BF928A
Display sizesLc 42 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large
#BF928A on Espresso#BF928A
Display sizesLc 42 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #BF928AThe 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #BF928A 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)