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#C8A3AC 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.
Charcoal on #C8A3AC#C8A3ACSet in Charcoal on #C8A3AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA#C8A3AC on Charcoal#C8A3ACSet in #C8A3AC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAAEspresso on #C8A3AC#C8A3ACSet in Espresso on #C8A3AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA#C8A3AC on Espresso#C8A3ACSet in #C8A3AC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA#C8A3AC on Clay#C8A3ACSet in #C8A3AC on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA largeClay on #C8A3AC#C8A3ACDisplay sizesLc 44 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Charcoal on #C8A3AC
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