chromary

≈ Red Pepper

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

Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
accent≈ Electric Violet#6827F3
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ Red PepperAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Red Pepper #E5562F.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#D26425 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 #D26425#D26425Set in Chalk on #D26425, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#D26425 on Chalk#D26425Set in #D26425 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #D26425#D26425
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#D26425 on Aurora#D26425
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #D26425#D26425
Display sizesLc 38 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Pop Orange on #D26425#D26425
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #D26425The 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 #D26425 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)