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#DCACB4 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 #DCACB4#DCACB4Set in Charcoal on #DCACB4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.5:1#DCACB4 on Charcoal#DCACB4Set in #DCACB4 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.5:1#DCACB4 on Espresso#DCACB4Set in #DCACB4 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1Espresso on #DCACB4#DCACB4Set in Espresso on #DCACB4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1#DCACB4 on Clay#DCACB4Set in #DCACB4 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.7:1Clay on #DCACB4#DCACB4Set in Clay on #DCACB4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DCACB4
#DCACB4Red-blind (protanopia)#DCACB4Green-blind (deuteranopia)#DCACB4Blue-blind (tritanopia)#DCACB4No color (achromatopsia)