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#9771AC 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.
Lemon on #9771AC#9771ACSet in Lemon on #9771AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largePink Mist on #9771AC#9771ACSet in Pink Mist on #9771AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#9771AC on Lemon#9771ACSet in #9771AC on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large#9771AC on Pink Mist#9771ACSet in #9771AC on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA largeMint Flash on #9771AC#9771ACSet in Mint Flash on #9771AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG#9771AC on Mint Flash#9771ACDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Lemon on #9771ACThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Lemon still stands clearly off #9771AC in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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