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#C9B3AA 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 #C9B3AA#C9B3AASet in Charcoal on #C9B3AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.4:1#C9B3AA on Charcoal#C9B3AASet in #C9B3AA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.4:1#C9B3AA on Espresso#C9B3AASet in #C9B3AA on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1Espresso on #C9B3AA#C9B3AASet in Espresso on #C9B3AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1#C9B3AA on Leather#C9B3AASet in #C9B3AA on Leather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1Leather on #C9B3AA#C9B3AASet in Leather on #C9B3AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9B3AA
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