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#504E4E 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.
Milk on #504E4E#504E4ESet in Milk on #504E4E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 84 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAA#504E4E on Milk#504E4ESet in #504E4E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAAAurora on #504E4E#504E4ESet in Aurora on #504E4E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#504E4E on Aurora#504E4ESet in #504E4E on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 5.5:1 WCAG AADust on #504E4E#504E4ESet in Dust on #504E4E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA#504E4E on Dust#504E4ESet in #504E4E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Milk on #504E4E
#504E4ERed-blind (protanopia)#504E4EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#504E4EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#504E4ENo color (achromatopsia)