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#DB95AC 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.
Charcoal on #DB95AC#DB95ACSet in Charcoal on #DB95AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 7.9:1#DB95AC on Charcoal#DB95ACSet in #DB95AC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.9:1Espresso on #DB95AC#DB95ACSet in Espresso on #DB95AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.2:1#DB95AC on Espresso#DB95ACSet in #DB95AC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.2:1#DB95AC on Asphalt#DB95ACDisplay sizesLc 45 · 4.1:1Asphalt on #DB95AC#DB95ACDisplay sizesLc 44 · 4.1:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DB95AC
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