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#3E5C49 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.
Paper on #3E5C49#3E5C49Set in Paper on #3E5C49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.5:1Acid on #3E5C49#3E5C49Set in Acid on #3E5C49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.2:1#3E5C49 on Paper#3E5C49Set in #3E5C49 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.5:1Aqua on #3E5C49#3E5C49Set in Aqua on #3E5C49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 5.9:1#3E5C49 on Acid#3E5C49Set in #3E5C49 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 6.2:1#3E5C49 on Aqua#3E5C49Set in #3E5C49 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.9:1
For every eye: Paper on #3E5C49
#3E5C49Red-blind (protanopia)#3E5C49Green-blind (deuteranopia)#3E5C49Blue-blind (tritanopia)#3E5C49No color (achromatopsia)