chromary

≈ WatermelonText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportStrawberryCH 0148 · #D38683
neutralDesert RoseCH 0673 · #C78F7D
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ WatermelonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Watermelon #D48493.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#D08B95 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.

Charcoal on #D08B95#D08B95Set in Charcoal on #D08B95, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 6.9:1 WCAG AA
#D08B95 on Charcoal#D08B95Set in #D08B95 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.9:1 WCAG AA
Milk on #D08B95#D08B95Set in Milk on #D08B95, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Cabernet on #D08B95#D08B95Set in Cabernet on #D08B95, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#D08B95 on Cabernet#D08B95Set in #D08B95 on Cabernet, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#D08B95 on Milk#D08B95
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Charcoal on #D08B95The 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #D08B95 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)