chromary

≈ MangoText: 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.

accent≈ Cyan Blue#32C0F9
support≈ Periwinkle Blue#68B8DE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ MangoAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mango #CB8F6A.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#DE9B75 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 #DE9B75#DE9B75Set in Charcoal on #DE9B75, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#DE9B75 on Charcoal#DE9B75Set in #DE9B75 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #DE9B75#DE9B75Set in Espresso on #DE9B75, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#DE9B75 on Espresso#DE9B75Set in #DE9B75 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #DE9B75#DE9B75Set in Iron on #DE9B75, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#DE9B75 on Iron#DE9B75Set in #DE9B75 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #DE9B75The 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #DE9B75 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)