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#38C8A5 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Charcoal on #38C8A5#38C8A5Set in Charcoal on #38C8A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 8.9:1#38C8A5 on Charcoal#38C8A5Set in #38C8A5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.9:1Forest on #38C8A5#38C8A5Set in Forest on #38C8A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1#38C8A5 on Forest#38C8A5Set in #38C8A5 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1#38C8A5 on Iron#38C8A5Set in #38C8A5 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1Iron on #38C8A5#38C8A5Set in Iron on #38C8A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #38C8A5
#38C8A5Red-blind (protanopia)#38C8A5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#38C8A5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#38C8A5No color (achromatopsia)