chromary

≈ Faded Rose

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportTaffyCH 0156 · #FABBB8
neutralFairy FlossCH 0161 · #FDE4E7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Faded RoseAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Faded Rose #CF6275.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#CD737C 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 #CD737C#CD737CSet in Milk on #CD737C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Lemon on #CD737C#CD737CSet in Lemon on #CD737C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#CD737C on Milk#CD737CSet in #CD737C on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#CD737C on Lemon#CD737CSet in #CD737C on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #CD737C#CD737CSet in Aqua on #CD737C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#CD737C on Aqua#CD737CSet in #CD737C on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #CD737CThe 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 #CD737C 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)