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#A97A97 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.
Milk on #A97A97#A97A97Set in Milk on #A97A97, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large#A97A97 on Milk#A97A97Set in #A97A97 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA largeCharcoal on #A97A97#A97A97Display sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA#A97A97 on Charcoal#A97A97Display sizesLc 38 · 5.2:1 WCAG AASakura on #A97A97#A97A97Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG#A97A97 on Sakura#A97A97Display sizesLc 33 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #A97A97
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