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#864A3A 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.
Chalk on #864A3A#864A3ASet in Chalk on #864A3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.2:1#864A3A on Chalk#864A3ASet in #864A3A on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.2:1Feather on #864A3A#864A3ASet in Feather on #864A3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 4.8:1#864A3A on Feather#864A3ASet in #864A3A on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.8:1Sky Flash on #864A3A#864A3ASet in Sky Flash on #864A3A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.5:1#864A3A on Sky Flash#864A3ASet in #864A3A on Sky Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Chalk on #864A3A
#864A3ARed-blind (protanopia)#864A3AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#864A3ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#864A3ANo color (achromatopsia)