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#A1687E 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.
Pink Milk on #A1687E#A1687ESet in Pink Milk on #A1687E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.7:1#A1687E on Pink Milk#A1687ESet in #A1687E on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.7:1Aurora on #A1687E#A1687ESet in Aurora on #A1687E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.9:1#A1687E on Aurora#A1687ESet in #A1687E on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.9:1Yolk on #A1687E#A1687EDisplay sizesLc 44 · 2.7:1Sakura on #A1687E#A1687EDisplay sizesLc 43 · 2.7:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #A1687E
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