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#5A5B1A 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 #5A5B1A#5A5B1ASet in Paper on #5A5B1A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.3:1#5A5B1A on Paper#5A5B1ASet in #5A5B1A on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.3:1Neon Aqua on #5A5B1A#5A5B1ASet in Neon Aqua on #5A5B1A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.7:1#5A5B1A on Neon Aqua#5A5B1ASet in #5A5B1A on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1Putty on #5A5B1A#5A5B1ASet in Putty on #5A5B1A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.5:1#5A5B1A on Putty#5A5B1ASet in #5A5B1A on Putty, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Paper on #5A5B1A
#5A5B1ARed-blind (protanopia)#5A5B1AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5A5B1ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#5A5B1ANo color (achromatopsia)