chromary

≈ Terracotta

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
support≈ Lagoon#0097B0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ TerracottaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Terracotta #C45100.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#CE6248 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.

Chalk on #CE6248#CE6248Set in Chalk on #CE6248, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#CE6248 on Chalk#CE6248Set in #CE6248 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #CE6248#CE6248Set in Rave on #CE6248, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#CE6248 on Rave#CE6248Set in #CE6248 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Creamsicle on #CE6248#CE6248
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #CE6248#CE6248
Display sizesLc 37 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #CE6248The 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #CE6248 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)