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#85ACEB 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.
Ink on #85ACEB#85ACEBSet in Ink on #85ACEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA#85ACEB on Ink#85ACEBSet in #85ACEB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAANavy on #85ACEB#85ACEBSet in Navy on #85ACEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA#85ACEB on Navy#85ACEBSet in #85ACEB on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA#85ACEB on Gunmetal#85ACEBSet in #85ACEB on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AAGunmetal on #85ACEB#85ACEBSet in Gunmetal on #85ACEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Ink on #85ACEB
#85ACEBRed-blind (protanopia)#85ACEBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#85ACEBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#85ACEBNo color (achromatopsia)