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#AE8577 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 #AE8577#AE8577Set in Chalk on #AE8577, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG#AE8577 on Chalk#AE8577Set in #AE8577 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.9:1 fails WCAGRave on #AE8577#AE8577Set in Rave on #AE8577, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #AE8577#AE8577Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA#AE8577 on Rave#AE8577Display sizesLc 42 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG#AE8577 on Charcoal#AE8577Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Chalk on #AE8577
#AE8577Red-blind (protanopia)#AE8577Green-blind (deuteranopia)#AE8577Blue-blind (tritanopia)#AE8577No color (achromatopsia)