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≈ Vermilion

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Caramel#BA775C
neutralMochaCH 0096 · #967969
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ VermilionAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Vermilion #E34234.chromary

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.

How It Reads#E25901 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.

Chalk on #E25901#E25901Set in Chalk on #E25901, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#E25901 on Chalk#E25901Set in #E25901 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Mint Flash on #E25901#E25901
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#E25901 on Mint Flash#E25901
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Pop Orange on #E25901#E25901
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#E25901 on Pop Orange#E25901
Display sizesLc 33 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #E25901The 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #E25901 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)