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#B2814B 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.
Chalk on #B2814B#B2814BSet in Chalk on #B2814B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.1:1#B2814B on Chalk#B2814BSet in #B2814B on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.1:1Charcoal on #B2814B#B2814BDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1#B2814B on Charcoal#B2814BDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1Custard on #B2814B#B2814BDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1Espresso on #B2814B#B2814BDisplay sizesLc 34 · 3.6:1
For every eye: Chalk on #B2814B
#B2814BRed-blind (protanopia)#B2814BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B2814BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#B2814BNo color (achromatopsia)