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#89494E 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 #89494E#89494ESet in Milk on #89494E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.0:1#89494E on Milk#89494ESet in #89494E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.0:1Aqua on #89494E#89494ESet in Aqua on #89494E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.4:1#89494E on Aqua#89494ESet in #89494E on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 5.4:1Feather on #89494E#89494ESet in Feather on #89494E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.7:1#89494E on Feather#89494ESet in #89494E on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #89494E
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