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#8D423E 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 #8D423E#8D423ESet in Milk on #8D423E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.3:1#8D423E on Milk#8D423ESet in #8D423E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.3:1Neon Aqua on #8D423E#8D423ESet in Neon Aqua on #8D423E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.7:1#8D423E on Neon Aqua#8D423ESet in #8D423E on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1Dust on #8D423E#8D423ESet in Dust on #8D423E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.0:1#8D423E on Dust#8D423ESet in #8D423E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.0:1
For every eye: Milk on #8D423E
#8D423ERed-blind (protanopia)#8D423EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8D423EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8D423ENo color (achromatopsia)