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#DB999F 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 #DB999F#DB999FSet in Charcoal on #DB999F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.1:1#DB999F on Charcoal#DB999FSet in #DB999F on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1Espresso on #DB999F#DB999FSet in Espresso on #DB999F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1#DB999F on Espresso#DB999FSet in #DB999F on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1#DB999F on Clay#DB999FDisplay sizesLc 44 · 4.0:1Clay on #DB999F#DB999FDisplay sizesLc 44 · 4.0:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DB999F
#DB999FRed-blind (protanopia)#DB999FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DB999FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DB999FNo color (achromatopsia)