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#A9815B 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.
Chalk on #A9815B#A9815BSet in Chalk on #A9815B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.2:1#A9815B on Chalk#A9815BSet in #A9815B on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.2:1Charcoal on #A9815B#A9815BDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.3:1Neon Aqua on #A9815B#A9815BDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.3:1#A9815B on Charcoal#A9815BDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.3:1#A9815B on Neon Aqua#A9815BDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Chalk on #A9815B
#A9815BRed-blind (protanopia)#A9815BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A9815BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#A9815BNo color (achromatopsia)