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#8B494B 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 #8B494B#8B494BSet in Milk on #8B494B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.0:1#8B494B on Milk#8B494BSet in #8B494B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 6.0:1Feather on #8B494B#8B494BSet in Feather on #8B494B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1Glow Stick on #8B494B#8B494BSet in Glow Stick on #8B494B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1#8B494B on Feather#8B494BSet in #8B494B on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1#8B494B on Glow Stick#8B494BSet in #8B494B on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #8B494B
#8B494BRed-blind (protanopia)#8B494BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8B494BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8B494BNo color (achromatopsia)