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#DE9EAC 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Charcoal on #DE9EAC#DE9EACSet in Charcoal on #DE9EAC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA#DE9EAC on Charcoal#DE9EACSet in #DE9EAC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAAEspresso on #DE9EAC#DE9EACSet in Espresso on #DE9EAC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#DE9EAC on Espresso#DE9EACSet in #DE9EAC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#DE9EAC on Clay#DE9EACSet in #DE9EAC on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA largeClay on #DE9EAC#DE9EACSet in Clay on #DE9EAC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Charcoal on #DE9EAC
#DE9EACRed-blind (protanopia)#DE9EACGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DE9EACBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DE9EACNo color (achromatopsia)