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#486857 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.
Paper on #486857#486857Set in Paper on #486857, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.4:1 WCAG AAAcid on #486857#486857Set in Acid on #486857, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA#486857 on Paper#486857Set in #486857 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.4:1 WCAG AAAqua on #486857#486857Set in Aqua on #486857, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA#486857 on Acid#486857Set in #486857 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA#486857 on Aqua#486857Set in #486857 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Paper on #486857
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