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#C8AB6C 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 #C8AB6C#C8AB6CSet in Charcoal on #C8AB6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.5:1#C8AB6C on Charcoal#C8AB6CSet in #C8AB6C on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1Espresso on #C8AB6C#C8AB6CSet in Espresso on #C8AB6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1#C8AB6C on Espresso#C8AB6CSet in #C8AB6C on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.7:1Iron on #C8AB6C#C8AB6CSet in Iron on #C8AB6C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1#C8AB6C on Iron#C8AB6CSet in #C8AB6C on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C8AB6C
#C8AB6CRed-blind (protanopia)#C8AB6CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C8AB6CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C8AB6CNo color (achromatopsia)