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#3A655F 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.
Frost Green on #3A655F#3A655FSet in Frost Green on #3A655F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 5.5:1#3A655F on Frost Green#3A655FSet in #3A655F on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.5:1Sun on #3A655F#3A655FSet in Sun on #3A655F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.5:1Feather on #3A655F#3A655FSet in Feather on #3A655F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1#3A655F on Sun#3A655FSet in #3A655F on Sun, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.5:1#3A655F on Feather#3A655FSet in #3A655F on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Frost Green on #3A655F
#3A655FRed-blind (protanopia)#3A655FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#3A655FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#3A655FNo color (achromatopsia)