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#8B455F 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.
Pink Milk on #8B455F#8B455FSet in Pink Milk on #8B455F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 5.6:1#8B455F on Pink Milk#8B455FSet in #8B455F on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.6:1Aurora on #8B455F#8B455FSet in Aurora on #8B455F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.5:1#8B455F on Aurora#8B455FSet in #8B455F on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.5:1Dust on #8B455F#8B455FSet in Dust on #8B455F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1#8B455F on Dust#8B455FSet in #8B455F on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #8B455F
#8B455FRed-blind (protanopia)#8B455FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8B455FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8B455FNo color (achromatopsia)