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#824B5E 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.
Pink Milk on #824B5E#824B5ESet in Pink Milk on #824B5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 5.6:1#824B5E on Pink Milk#824B5ESet in #824B5E on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.6:1Aurora on #824B5E#824B5ESet in Aurora on #824B5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.5:1#824B5E on Aurora#824B5ESet in #824B5E on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.5:1Dust on #824B5E#824B5ESet in Dust on #824B5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1#824B5E on Dust#824B5ESet in #824B5E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #824B5E
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