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#8E8A52 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.
Paper on #8E8A52#8E8A52Set in Paper on #8E8A52, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1#8E8A52 on Paper#8E8A52Set in #8E8A52 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1Aqua on #8E8A52#8E8A52Set in Aqua on #8E8A52, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.8:1#8E8A52 on Aqua#8E8A52Set in #8E8A52 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1Panel on #8E8A52#8E8A52Display sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1Putty on #8E8A52#8E8A52Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Paper on #8E8A52
#8E8A52Red-blind (protanopia)#8E8A52Green-blind (deuteranopia)#8E8A52Blue-blind (tritanopia)#8E8A52No color (achromatopsia)