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#80495D 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.
Pink Milk on #80495D#80495DSet in Pink Milk on #80495D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA#80495D on Pink Milk#80495DSet in #80495D on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.7:1 WCAG AAAurora on #80495D#80495DSet in Aurora on #80495D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA#80495D on Aurora#80495DSet in #80495D on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1 WCAG AADust on #80495D#80495DSet in Dust on #80495D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large#80495D on Dust#80495DSet in #80495D on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Pink Milk on #80495D
#80495DRed-blind (protanopia)#80495DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#80495DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#80495DNo color (achromatopsia)