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#8C5440 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 #8C5440#8C5440Set in Chalk on #8C5440, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#8C5440 on Chalk#8C5440Set in #8C5440 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 5.5:1 WCAG AAAqua on #8C5440#8C5440Set in Aqua on #8C5440, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA#8C5440 on Aqua#8C5440Set in #8C5440 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 4.8:1 WCAG AACantaloupe on #8C5440#8C5440Set in Cantaloupe on #8C5440, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large#8C5440 on Cantaloupe#8C5440Set in #8C5440 on Cantaloupe, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Chalk on #8C5440
#8C5440Red-blind (protanopia)#8C5440Green-blind (deuteranopia)#8C5440Blue-blind (tritanopia)#8C5440No color (achromatopsia)