chromary

≈ Lipstick

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportRubyCH 0138 · #841521
neutralMaroonCH 0115 · #650021
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ LipstickAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lipstick #CC2638.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#CD484F 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 #CD484F#CD484FSet in Milk on #CD484F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
Electric Lemon on #CD484F#CD484FSet in Electric Lemon on #CD484F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#CD484F on Milk#CD484FSet in #CD484F on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
#CD484F on Electric Lemon#CD484FSet in #CD484F on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Aqua on #CD484F#CD484FSet in Neon Aqua on #CD484F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#CD484F on Neon Aqua#CD484FSet in #CD484F on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #CD484FThe 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 #CD484F 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)