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#DE94AB 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 #DE94AB#DE94ABSet in Charcoal on #DE94AB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.0:1#DE94AB on Charcoal#DE94ABSet in #DE94AB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.0:1Espresso on #DE94AB#DE94ABSet in Espresso on #DE94AB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1#DE94AB on Espresso#DE94ABSet in #DE94AB on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1Iron on #DE94AB#DE94ABSet in Iron on #DE94AB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1#DE94AB on Iron#DE94ABSet in #DE94AB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DE94AB
#DE94ABRed-blind (protanopia)#DE94ABGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DE94ABBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DE94ABNo color (achromatopsia)