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#D3B5CD 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.
Ink on #D3B5CD#D3B5CDSet in Ink on #D3B5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.5:1#D3B5CD on Ink#D3B5CDSet in #D3B5CD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 10.5:1#D3B5CD on Espresso#D3B5CDSet in #D3B5CD on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 6.5:1Espresso on #D3B5CD#D3B5CDSet in Espresso on #D3B5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.5:1#D3B5CD on Asphalt#D3B5CDSet in #D3B5CD on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.2:1Asphalt on #D3B5CD#D3B5CDSet in Asphalt on #D3B5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.2:1
For every eye: Ink on #D3B5CD
#D3B5CDRed-blind (protanopia)#D3B5CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#D3B5CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#D3B5CDNo color (achromatopsia)