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#521A53 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 #521A53#521A53Set in Milk on #521A53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 93 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA#521A53 on Milk#521A53Set in #521A53 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 90 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAAGlow Stick on #521A53#521A53Set in Glow Stick on #521A53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA#521A53 on Glow Stick#521A53Set in #521A53 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAADust on #521A53#521A53Set in Dust on #521A53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAA#521A53 on Dust#521A53Set in #521A53 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: Milk on #521A53
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