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#AE8486 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.
Milk on #AE8486#AE8486Set in Milk on #AE8486, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1Lemon on #AE8486#AE8486Set in Lemon on #AE8486, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1#AE8486 on Milk#AE8486Set in #AE8486 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1#AE8486 on Lemon#AE8486Set in #AE8486 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1Aqua on #AE8486#AE8486Set in Aqua on #AE8486, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1#AE8486 on Aqua#AE8486Set in #AE8486 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #AE8486
#AE8486Red-blind (protanopia)#AE8486Green-blind (deuteranopia)#AE8486Blue-blind (tritanopia)#AE8486No color (achromatopsia)