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#DB9CBE 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 #DB9CBE#DB9CBESet in Charcoal on #DB9CBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.5:1#DB9CBE on Charcoal#DB9CBESet in #DB9CBE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1Espresso on #DB9CBE#DB9CBESet in Espresso on #DB9CBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1#DB9CBE on Espresso#DB9CBESet in #DB9CBE on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1Iron on #DB9CBE#DB9CBESet in Iron on #DB9CBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1#DB9CBE on Iron#DB9CBESet in #DB9CBE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DB9CBE
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