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#844449 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 #844449#844449Set in Milk on #844449, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.5:1#844449 on Milk#844449Set in #844449 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.5:1Aqua on #844449#844449Set in Aqua on #844449, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.8:1#844449 on Aqua#844449Set in #844449 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.8:1Pink Lemonade on #844449#844449Set in Pink Lemonade on #844449, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.5:1#844449 on Pink Lemonade#844449Set in #844449 on Pink Lemonade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Milk on #844449
#844449Red-blind (protanopia)#844449Green-blind (deuteranopia)#844449Blue-blind (tritanopia)#844449No color (achromatopsia)