chromary

≈ Vermilion

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The neighbors, 30 degrees either side of your hue, at full punch.

Analogous · The neighbors.

supportHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
supportTangerineCH 0030 · #F28500
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#CC554E 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 #CC554E#CC554ESet in Milk on #CC554E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#CC554E on Milk#CC554ESet in #CC554E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Glow Stick on #CC554E#CC554ESet in Glow Stick on #CC554E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#CC554E on Glow Stick#CC554ESet in #CC554E on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Taffy on #CC554E#CC554E
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#CC554E on Taffy#CC554E
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #CC554EThe 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 #CC554E 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)