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#45271A 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.
Chalk on #45271A#45271ASet in Chalk on #45271A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 95 · 12.2:1 WCAG AAA#45271A on Chalk#45271ASet in #45271A on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 93 · 12.2:1 WCAG AAAShrimp on #45271A#45271ASet in Shrimp on #45271A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA#45271A on Shrimp#45271ASet in #45271A on Shrimp, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA#45271A on Sky#45271ASet in #45271A on Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.9:1 WCAG AASky on #45271A#45271ASet in Sky on #45271A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.9:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Chalk on #45271A
#45271ARed-blind (protanopia)#45271AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#45271ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#45271ANo color (achromatopsia)