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#C9A8BC 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 #C9A8BC#C9A8BCSet in Charcoal on #C9A8BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.8:1#C9A8BC on Charcoal#C9A8BCSet in #C9A8BC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.8:1Espresso on #C9A8BC#C9A8BCSet in Espresso on #C9A8BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1#C9A8BC on Espresso#C9A8BCSet in #C9A8BC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1#C9A8BC on Asphalt#C9A8BCSet in #C9A8BC on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1Asphalt on #C9A8BC#C9A8BCSet in Asphalt on #C9A8BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9A8BC
#C9A8BCRed-blind (protanopia)#C9A8BCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C9A8BCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C9A8BCNo color (achromatopsia)