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#DDDADA 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.
#DDDADA on Charcoal#DDDADASet in #DDDADA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 84 · 13.5:1Charcoal on #DDDADA#DDDADASet in Charcoal on #DDDADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 84 · 13.5:1#DDDADA on Iron#DDDADASet in #DDDADA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 8.4:1Iron on #DDDADA#DDDADASet in Iron on #DDDADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 8.4:1#DDDADA on Asphalt#DDDADASet in #DDDADA on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 7.0:1Asphalt on #DDDADA#DDDADASet in Asphalt on #DDDADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 7.0:1
For every eye: #DDDADA on Charcoal
#DDDADARed-blind (protanopia)#DDDADAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DDDADABlue-blind (tritanopia)#DDDADANo color (achromatopsia)