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#864E49 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 #864E49#864E49Set in Milk on #864E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 5.9:1#864E49 on Milk#864E49Set in #864E49 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 5.9:1Feather on #864E49#864E49Set in Feather on #864E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1Neon Aqua on #864E49#864E49Set in Neon Aqua on #864E49, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 4.4:1#864E49 on Feather#864E49Set in #864E49 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1#864E49 on Neon Aqua#864E49Set in #864E49 on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Milk on #864E49
#864E49Red-blind (protanopia)#864E49Green-blind (deuteranopia)#864E49Blue-blind (tritanopia)#864E49No color (achromatopsia)