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#CBA8A7 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 #CBA8A7#CBA8A7Set in Charcoal on #CBA8A7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1#CBA8A7 on Charcoal#CBA8A7Set in #CBA8A7 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1Espresso on #CBA8A7#CBA8A7Set in Espresso on #CBA8A7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1#CBA8A7 on Espresso#CBA8A7Set in #CBA8A7 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1#CBA8A7 on Clay#CBA8A7Set in #CBA8A7 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1Clay on #CBA8A7#CBA8A7Set in Clay on #CBA8A7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #CBA8A7
#CBA8A7Red-blind (protanopia)#CBA8A7Green-blind (deuteranopia)#CBA8A7Blue-blind (tritanopia)#CBA8A7No color (achromatopsia)