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.

accentSky FlashCH 0407 · #79DEFA
support≈ Sky#32C7E6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SalmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Salmon #FA8072.chromary

Color Values

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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#F8957B 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 #F8957B#F8957BSet in Charcoal on #F8957B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#F8957B on Charcoal#F8957BSet in #F8957B on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
Maroon on #F8957B#F8957BSet in Maroon on #F8957B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#F8957B on Maroon#F8957BSet in #F8957B on Maroon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#F8957B on Iron#F8957BSet in #F8957B on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F8957B#F8957BSet in Iron on #F8957B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #F8957B

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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)