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#C8A8BA 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.
Charcoal on #C8A8BA#C8A8BASet in Charcoal on #C8A8BA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1#C8A8BA on Charcoal#C8A8BASet in #C8A8BA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1Espresso on #C8A8BA#C8A8BASet in Espresso on #C8A8BA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1#C8A8BA on Espresso#C8A8BASet in #C8A8BA on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1#C8A8BA on Asphalt#C8A8BASet in #C8A8BA on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1Asphalt on #C8A8BA#C8A8BASet in Asphalt on #C8A8BA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C8A8BA
#C8A8BARed-blind (protanopia)#C8A8BAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C8A8BABlue-blind (tritanopia)#C8A8BANo color (achromatopsia)