chromary

≈ SalmonText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Grapefruit#F38E81
neutralFlamingoCH 0024 · #FC8EAC
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SalmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Salmon #FA8072.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#F0936C 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 #F0936C#F0936CSet in Charcoal on #F0936C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#F0936C on Charcoal#F0936CSet in #F0936C on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
Maroon on #F0936C#F0936CSet in Maroon on #F0936C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#F0936C on Maroon#F0936CSet in #F0936C on Maroon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F0936C#F0936CSet in Iron on #F0936C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#F0936C on Iron#F0936CSet in #F0936C 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 #F0936CThe 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 #F0936C 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)