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#8D4E34 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 #8D4E34#8D4E34Set in Chalk on #8D4E34, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA#8D4E34 on Chalk#8D4E34Set in #8D4E34 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.8:1 WCAG AAAqua on #8D4E34#8D4E34Set in Aqua on #8D4E34, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA#8D4E34 on Aqua#8D4E34Set in #8D4E34 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 5.1:1 WCAG AACreamsicle on #8D4E34#8D4E34Set in Creamsicle on #8D4E34, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large#8D4E34 on Creamsicle#8D4E34Set in #8D4E34 on Creamsicle, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Chalk on #8D4E34
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