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#CDA9AF 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 #CDA9AF#CDA9AFSet in Charcoal on #CDA9AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 8.8:1#CDA9AF on Charcoal#CDA9AFSet in #CDA9AF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1Espresso on #CDA9AF#CDA9AFSet in Espresso on #CDA9AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1#CDA9AF on Espresso#CDA9AFSet in #CDA9AF on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1#CDA9AF on Clay#CDA9AFSet in #CDA9AF on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1Clay on #CDA9AF#CDA9AFSet in Clay on #CDA9AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #CDA9AF
#CDA9AFRed-blind (protanopia)#CDA9AFGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#CDA9AFBlue-blind (tritanopia)#CDA9AFNo color (achromatopsia)