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#C8AAC3 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.
Ink on #C8AAC3#C8AAC3Set in Ink on #C8AAC3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.3:1#C8AAC3 on Ink#C8AAC3Set in #C8AAC3 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.3:1Graphite on #C8AAC3#C8AAC3Set in Graphite on #C8AAC3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 6.7:1#C8AAC3 on Graphite#C8AAC3Set in #C8AAC3 on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.7:1#C8AAC3 on Iron#C8AAC3Set in #C8AAC3 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1Iron on #C8AAC3#C8AAC3Set in Iron on #C8AAC3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1
For every eye: Ink on #C8AAC3
#C8AAC3Red-blind (protanopia)#C8AAC3Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C8AAC3Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C8AAC3No color (achromatopsia)