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#CB5742 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #CB5742#CB5742Set in Milk on #CB5742, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large#CB5742 on Milk#CB5742Set in #CB5742 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA largeRave on #CB5742#CB5742Set in Rave on #CB5742, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large#CB5742 on Rave#CB5742Set in #CB5742 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA largeCreamsicle on #CB5742#CB5742Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG#CB5742 on Creamsicle#CB5742Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #CB5742
#CB5742Red-blind (protanopia)#CB5742Green-blind (deuteranopia)#CB5742Blue-blind (tritanopia)#CB5742No color (achromatopsia)