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#C16666 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.
Milk on #C16666#C16666Set in Milk on #C16666, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largeElectric Lemon on #C16666#C16666Set in Electric Lemon on #C16666, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#C16666 on Milk#C16666Set in #C16666 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large#C16666 on Electric Lemon#C16666Set in #C16666 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA largeNeon Aqua on #C16666#C16666Display sizesLc 43 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG#C16666 on Neon Aqua#C16666Display sizesLc 40 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #C16666
#C16666Red-blind (protanopia)#C16666Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C16666Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C16666No color (achromatopsia)