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#85BCA9 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.
Charcoal on #85BCA9#85BCA9Set in Charcoal on #85BCA9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1#85BCA9 on Charcoal#85BCA9Set in #85BCA9 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1Forest on #85BCA9#85BCA9Set in Forest on #85BCA9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1#85BCA9 on Forest#85BCA9Set in #85BCA9 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1#85BCA9 on Iron#85BCA9Set in #85BCA9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1Iron on #85BCA9#85BCA9Set in Iron on #85BCA9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #85BCA9
#85BCA9Red-blind (protanopia)#85BCA9Green-blind (deuteranopia)#85BCA9Blue-blind (tritanopia)#85BCA9No color (achromatopsia)