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#C3605F 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 #C3605F#C3605FSet in Milk on #C3605F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA largeElectric Lemon on #C3605F#C3605FSet in Electric Lemon on #C3605F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large#C3605F on Milk#C3605FSet in #C3605F on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large#C3605F on Electric Lemon#C3605FSet in #C3605F on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA largeNeon Aqua on #C3605F#C3605FSet in Neon Aqua on #C3605F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG#C3605F on Neon Aqua#C3605FDisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #C3605FThe 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 #C3605F in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
#C3605FRed-blind (protanopia)#C3605FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C3605FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C3605FNo color (achromatopsia)