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#B27861 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 #B27861#B27861Set in Chalk on #B27861, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#B27861 on Chalk#B27861Set in #B27861 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA largeRave on #B27861#B27861Set in Rave on #B27861, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG#B27861 on Rave#B27861Set in #B27861 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.7:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #B27861#B27861Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AASherbet on #B27861#B27861Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Chalk on #B27861
#B27861Red-blind (protanopia)#B27861Green-blind (deuteranopia)#B27861Blue-blind (tritanopia)#B27861No color (achromatopsia)