chromary

≈ Vermilion

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≈ Teal#0093AB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
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#D75132 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 #D75132#D75132Set in Chalk on #D75132, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#D75132 on Chalk#D75132Set in #D75132 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #D75132#D75132Set in Rave on #D75132, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#D75132 on Rave#D75132Set in #D75132 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Creamsicle on #D75132#D75132
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#D75132 on Creamsicle#D75132
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #D75132The 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 #D75132 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)