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#AA8261 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.
Chalk on #AA8261#AA8261Set in Chalk on #AA8261, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large#AA8261 on Chalk#AA8261Set in #AA8261 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA largeCharcoal on #AA8261#AA8261Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1 WCAG AANeon Aqua on #AA8261#AA8261Display sizesLc 39 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG#AA8261 on Charcoal#AA8261Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA#AA8261 on Neon Aqua#AA8261Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Chalk on #AA8261
#AA8261Red-blind (protanopia)#AA8261Green-blind (deuteranopia)#AA8261Blue-blind (tritanopia)#AA8261No color (achromatopsia)