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

Named neighbors

WatermelonCH 0147
FlamingoCH 0024

Named opposites

Lagoon MistCH 0118
Electric AquaCH 0365

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#DE97A5 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 #DE97A5#DE97A5Set in Charcoal on #DE97A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#DE97A5 on Charcoal#DE97A5Set in #DE97A5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #DE97A5#DE97A5Set in Espresso on #DE97A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#DE97A5 on Espresso#DE97A5Set in #DE97A5 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#DE97A5 on Clay#DE97A5
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
Clay on #DE97A5#DE97A5
Display sizesLc 43 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #DE97A5

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)