chromary

≈ SalmonText: 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≈ Sky#37D1F8
support≈ Electric Sky#42C1E3
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#F09576 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 #F09576#F09576Set in Charcoal on #F09576, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#F09576 on Charcoal#F09576Set in #F09576 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #F09576#F09576Set in Espresso on #F09576, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#F09576 on Espresso#F09576Set in #F09576 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F09576#F09576Set in Iron on #F09576, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#F09576 on Iron#F09576Set in #F09576 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #F09576

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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)