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#8A4828 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Chalk on #8A4828#8A4828Set in Chalk on #8A4828, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA#8A4828 on Chalk#8A4828Set in #8A4828 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.2:1 WCAG AAAqua on #8A4828#8A4828Set in Aqua on #8A4828, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#8A4828 on Aqua#8A4828Set in #8A4828 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 5.5:1 WCAG AADust on #8A4828#8A4828Set in Dust on #8A4828, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large#8A4828 on Dust#8A4828Set in #8A4828 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Chalk on #8A4828The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Chalk still stands clearly off #8A4828 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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