chromary

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

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#DC98A4 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 #DC98A4#DC98A4Set in Charcoal on #DC98A4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.1:1
#DC98A4 on Charcoal#DC98A4Set in #DC98A4 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1
Espresso on #DC98A4#DC98A4Set in Espresso on #DC98A4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1
#DC98A4 on Espresso#DC98A4Set in #DC98A4 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1
#DC98A4 on Clay#DC98A4
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.0:1
Clay on #DC98A4#DC98A4
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.0:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DC98A4

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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)