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#8C3B3E 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 #8C3B3E#8C3B3ESet in Milk on #8C3B3E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 6.7:1#8C3B3E on Milk#8C3B3ESet in #8C3B3E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.7:1Neon Aqua on #8C3B3E#8C3B3ESet in Neon Aqua on #8C3B3E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 5.0:1#8C3B3E on Neon Aqua#8C3B3ESet in #8C3B3E on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 5.0:1Taffy on #8C3B3E#8C3B3ESet in Taffy on #8C3B3E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.6:1#8C3B3E on Taffy#8C3B3ESet in #8C3B3E on Taffy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #8C3B3E
#8C3B3ERed-blind (protanopia)#8C3B3EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8C3B3EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8C3B3ENo color (achromatopsia)