chromary

≈ GrapefruitText: 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, loud, then in your register.

accent≈ Sky#36D1F9
support≈ Electric Sky#5DBDDA
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ GrapefruitAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Grapefruit #D38972.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#E5997E 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 #E5997E#E5997ESet in Charcoal on #E5997E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.2:1
#E5997E on Charcoal#E5997ESet in #E5997E on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.2:1
Espresso on #E5997E#E5997ESet in Espresso on #E5997E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1
#E5997E on Espresso#E5997ESet in #E5997E on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1
Iron on #E5997E#E5997ESet in Iron on #E5997E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1
#E5997E on Iron#E5997ESet in #E5997E on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #E5997E

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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)