chromary

≈ Scarlet

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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.

accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
supportTealCH 0063 · #008C8C
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ ScarletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Scarlet #C8255B.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#C34771 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 #C34771#C34771Set in Milk on #C34771, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
#C34771 on Milk#C34771Set in #C34771 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Aqua on #C34771#C34771Set in Aqua on #C34771, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#C34771 on Aqua#C34771Set in #C34771 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Sunshine on #C34771#C34771Set in Sunshine on #C34771, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Neon Blush on #C34771#C34771
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #C34771The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #C34771 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)