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#D9D5DF 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 #D9D5DF#D9D5DFSet in Charcoal on #D9D5DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 12.9:1 WCAG AAA#D9D5DF on Charcoal#D9D5DFSet in #D9D5DF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 12.9:1 WCAG AAA#D9D5DF on Iron#D9D5DFSet in #D9D5DF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAAIron on #D9D5DF#D9D5DFSet in Iron on #D9D5DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA#D9D5DF on Asphalt#D9D5DFSet in #D9D5DF on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 6.7:1 WCAG AAAsphalt on #D9D5DF#D9D5DFSet in Asphalt on #D9D5DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 6.7:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #D9D5DF
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