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#DBB4AC 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 #DBB4AC#DBB4ACSet in Charcoal on #DBB4AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 9.9:1#DBB4AC on Charcoal#DBB4ACSet in #DBB4AC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 9.9:1#DBB4AC on Espresso#DBB4ACSet in #DBB4AC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.5:1Espresso on #DBB4AC#DBB4ACSet in Espresso on #DBB4AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 6.5:1#DBB4AC on Clay#DBB4ACSet in #DBB4AC on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.9:1Clay on #DBB4AC#DBB4ACSet in Clay on #DBB4AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DBB4AC
#DBB4ACRed-blind (protanopia)#DBB4ACGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DBB4ACBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DBB4ACNo color (achromatopsia)