chromary
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.

accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
supportSkyCH 0076 · #87CEEB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ GreigeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Greige #C5BCB0.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#E3A99E 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 #E3A99E#E3A99ESet in Charcoal on #E3A99E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 9.3:1
#E3A99E on Charcoal#E3A99ESet in #E3A99E on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.3:1
#E3A99E on Espresso#E3A99ESet in #E3A99E on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.0:1
Espresso on #E3A99E#E3A99ESet in Espresso on #E3A99E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.0:1
#E3A99E on Clay#E3A99ESet in #E3A99E on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1
Clay on #E3A99E#E3A99ESet in Clay on #E3A99E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.6:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #E3A99E

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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)