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#DCB5AC 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 #DCB5AC#DCB5ACSet in Charcoal on #DCB5AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.0:1#DCB5AC on Charcoal#DCB5ACSet in #DCB5AC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 10.0:1#DCB5AC on Espresso#DCB5ACSet in #DCB5AC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 6.5:1Espresso on #DCB5AC#DCB5ACSet in Espresso on #DCB5AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.5:1#DCB5AC on Clay#DCB5ACSet in #DCB5AC on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.0:1Clay on #DCB5AC#DCB5ACSet in Clay on #DCB5AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DCB5AC
#DCB5ACRed-blind (protanopia)#DCB5ACGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DCB5ACBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DCB5ACNo color (achromatopsia)