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 ReadsBlack Coffee 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 Black CoffeeBlack CoffeeSet in Chalk on Black Coffee, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 98 · 14.6:1Black Coffee on ChalkBlack CoffeeSet in Black Coffee on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 96 · 14.6:1Feather on Black CoffeeBlack CoffeeSet in Feather on Black Coffee, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 11.2:1Black Coffee on FeatherBlack CoffeeSet in Black Coffee on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 11.2:1Black Coffee on Sky FlashBlack CoffeeSet in Black Coffee on Sky Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 9.3:1Sky Flash on Black CoffeeBlack CoffeeSet in Sky Flash on Black Coffee, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 9.3:1
For every eye: Chalk on Black Coffee
Black CoffeeRed-blind (protanopia)Black CoffeeGreen-blind (deuteranopia)Black CoffeeBlue-blind (tritanopia)Black CoffeeNo color (achromatopsia)