chromary

≈ FlamingoText: 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.

accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
supportElectric AquaCH 0365 · #32B4AB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ FlamingoAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Flamingo #FC8EAC.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#F28497 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 #F28497#F28497Set in Charcoal on #F28497, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA
#F28497 on Charcoal#F28497Set in #F28497 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA
Maroon on #F28497#F28497Set in Maroon on #F28497, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#F28497 on Maroon#F28497Set in #F28497 on Maroon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F28497#F28497Set in Iron on #F28497, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
#F28497 on Iron#F28497Set in #F28497 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #F28497The 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 #F28497 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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