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#DC9CA5 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 #DC9CA5#DC9CA5Set in Charcoal on #DC9CA5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.3:1#DC9CA5 on Charcoal#DC9CA5Set in #DC9CA5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1Espresso on #DC9CA5#DC9CA5Set in Espresso on #DC9CA5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1#DC9CA5 on Espresso#DC9CA5Set in #DC9CA5 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1#DC9CA5 on Clay#DC9CA5Set in #DC9CA5 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.1:1Clay on #DC9CA5#DC9CA5Set in Clay on #DC9CA5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.1:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DC9CA5
#DC9CA5Red-blind (protanopia)#DC9CA5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#DC9CA5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#DC9CA5No color (achromatopsia)