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#684B68 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.
Milk on #684B68#684B68Set in Milk on #684B68, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 6.7:1#684B68 on Milk#684B68Set in #684B68 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.7:1Glow Stick on #684B68#684B68Set in Glow Stick on #684B68, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 5.2:1#684B68 on Glow Stick#684B68Set in #684B68 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 5.2:1Mauve Mist on #684B68#684B68Set in Mauve Mist on #684B68, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1#684B68 on Mauve Mist#684B68Set in #684B68 on Mauve Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #684B68
#684B68Red-blind (protanopia)#684B68Green-blind (deuteranopia)#684B68Blue-blind (tritanopia)#684B68No color (achromatopsia)