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≈ Vermilion

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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.

supportSalmonCH 0036 · #FA8072
neutralBubblegumCH 0027 · #FFC1CC
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#CF4950 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 #CF4950#CF4950Set in Milk on #CF4950, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
Electric Lemon on #CF4950#CF4950Set in Electric Lemon on #CF4950, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#CF4950 on Milk#CF4950Set in #CF4950 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#CF4950 on Electric Lemon#CF4950Set in #CF4950 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Aqua on #CF4950#CF4950Set in Neon Aqua on #CF4950, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#CF4950 on Neon Aqua#CF4950
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #CF4950The 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 #CF4950 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)