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≈ Vermilion

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.

supportMochaCH 0096 · #967969
neutralMushroomCH 0572 · #877F73
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ VermilionAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Vermilion #E34234.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#CB5147 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 #CB5147#CB5147Set in Milk on #CB5147, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#CB5147 on Milk#CB5147Set in #CB5147 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
Glow Stick on #CB5147#CB5147Set in Glow Stick on #CB5147, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#CB5147 on Glow Stick#CB5147Set in #CB5147 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Taffy on #CB5147#CB5147
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#CB5147 on Taffy#CB5147
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #CB5147The 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 #CB5147 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)