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#CFA3C1 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.
Charcoal on #CFA3C1#CFA3C1Set in Charcoal on #CFA3C1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA#CFA3C1 on Charcoal#CFA3C1Set in #CFA3C1 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAAEspresso on #CFA3C1#CFA3C1Set in Espresso on #CFA3C1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#CFA3C1 on Espresso#CFA3C1Set in #CFA3C1 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#CFA3C1 on Asphalt#CFA3C1Set in #CFA3C1 on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA largeAsphalt on #CFA3C1#CFA3C1Set in Asphalt on #CFA3C1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Charcoal on #CFA3C1
#CFA3C1Red-blind (protanopia)#CFA3C1Green-blind (deuteranopia)#CFA3C1Blue-blind (tritanopia)#CFA3C1No color (achromatopsia)