chromary

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

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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.

accentSky FlashCH 0407 · #79DEFA
support≈ Light Sky#72B9CB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ GrapefruitAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Grapefruit #D38972.chromary

Named neighbors

GrapefruitCH 0183
Quiet LuxuryCH 0594

Named opposites

Light SkyCH 0399
Periwinkle BlueCH 0400

Color Values

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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.

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How It Reads#D89C8C 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 #D89C8C#D89C8CSet in Charcoal on #D89C8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#D89C8C on Charcoal#D89C8CSet in #D89C8C on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #D89C8C#D89C8CSet in Espresso on #D89C8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#D89C8C on Espresso#D89C8CSet in #D89C8C on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#D89C8C on Leather#D89C8C
Display sizesLc 44 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
Leather on #D89C8C#D89C8C
Display sizesLc 43 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #D89C8C

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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)