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 ReadsDeep Cut set as type with AltSounds's own palette, 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 Deep CutAltSoundsSet in Milk on Deep Cut, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 83 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAADeep Cut on MilkAltSoundsSet in Deep Cut on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAAAltSounds Green on Deep CutAltSoundsSet in AltSounds Green on Deep Cut, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.7:1 WCAG AADeep Cut on AltSounds GreenAltSoundsSet in Deep Cut on AltSounds Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.7:1 WCAG AAFeather on Deep CutAltSoundsSet in Feather on Deep Cut, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 5.5:1 WCAG AADeep Cut on FeatherAltSoundsSet in Deep Cut on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Milk on Deep CutThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Milk still stands clearly off Deep Cut in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
AltSoundsRed-blind (protanopia)AltSoundsGreen-blind (deuteranopia)AltSoundsBlue-blind (tritanopia)AltSoundsNo color (achromatopsia)