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.

accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
support≈ Sky#4FC7DE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#F29A87 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 #F29A87#F29A87Set in Charcoal on #F29A87, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#F29A87 on Charcoal#F29A87Set in #F29A87 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #F29A87#F29A87Set in Espresso on #F29A87, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#F29A87 on Espresso#F29A87Set in #F29A87 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#F29A87 on Iron#F29A87Set in #F29A87 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F29A87#F29A87Set in Iron on #F29A87, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #F29A87The 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 #F29A87 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)