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 ReadsDark Rust 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.
Chalk on Dark RustDark RustSet in Chalk on Dark Rust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 97 · 14.8:1 WCAG AAADark Rust on ChalkDark RustSet in Dark Rust on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 96 · 14.8:1 WCAG AAAAqua on Dark RustDark RustSet in Aqua on Dark Rust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 89 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAADark Rust on AquaDark RustSet in Dark Rust on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 88 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAADark Rust on CantaloupeDark RustSet in Dark Rust on Cantaloupe, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 10.1:1 WCAG AAACantaloupe on Dark RustDark RustSet in Cantaloupe on Dark Rust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 10.1:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: Chalk on Dark RustThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Chalk still stands clearly off Dark Rust in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
Dark RustRed-blind (protanopia)Dark RustGreen-blind (deuteranopia)Dark RustBlue-blind (tritanopia)Dark RustNo color (achromatopsia)