chromary

≈ SandText: 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, loud, then in your register.

accent≈ Cyan Blue#32BCF9
support≈ Sky#80BCDD
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.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#DBA685 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Charcoal on #DBA685#DBA685Set in Charcoal on #DBA685, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1
#DBA685 on Charcoal#DBA685Set in #DBA685 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.7:1
Espresso on #DBA685#DBA685Set in Espresso on #DBA685, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1
#DBA685 on Espresso#DBA685Set in #DBA685 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1
#DBA685 on Leather#DBA685Set in #DBA685 on Leather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1
Leather on #DBA685#DBA685Set in Leather on #DBA685, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DBA685

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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)