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#DC9D9E 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 #DC9D9E#DC9D9ESet in Charcoal on #DC9D9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.3:1#DC9D9E on Charcoal#DC9D9ESet in #DC9D9E on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1Espresso on #DC9D9E#DC9D9ESet in Espresso on #DC9D9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1#DC9D9E on Espresso#DC9D9ESet in #DC9D9E on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1#DC9D9E on Clay#DC9D9ESet in #DC9D9E on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.2:1Clay on #DC9D9E#DC9D9ESet in Clay on #DC9D9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.2:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DC9D9E
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