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#D2ABAA 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 #D2ABAA#D2ABAASet in Charcoal on #D2ABAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA#D2ABAA on Charcoal#D2ABAASet in #D2ABAA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA#D2ABAA on Espresso#D2ABAASet in #D2ABAA on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1 WCAG AAEspresso on #D2ABAA#D2ABAASet in Espresso on #D2ABAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA#D2ABAA on Clay#D2ABAASet in #D2ABAA on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1 WCAG AAClay on #D2ABAA#D2ABAASet in Clay on #D2ABAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #D2ABAA
#D2ABAARed-blind (protanopia)#D2ABAAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#D2ABAABlue-blind (tritanopia)#D2ABAANo color (achromatopsia)