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#89522E 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 #89522E#89522ESet in Chalk on #89522E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 5.8:1#89522E on Chalk#89522ESet in #89522E on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 5.8:1Feather on #89522E#89522ESet in Feather on #89522E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.4:1Glow Stick on #89522E#89522ESet in Glow Stick on #89522E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.4:1#89522E on Feather#89522ESet in #89522E on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.4:1#89522E on Glow Stick#89522ESet in #89522E on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Chalk on #89522E
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