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#DEADCC 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 #DEADCC#DEADCCSet in Charcoal on #DEADCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 9.8:1#DEADCC on Charcoal#DEADCCSet in #DEADCC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.8:1#DEADCC on Espresso#DEADCCSet in #DEADCC on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.4:1Espresso on #DEADCC#DEADCCSet in Espresso on #DEADCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.4:1#DEADCC on Asphalt#DEADCCSet in #DEADCC on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.1:1Asphalt on #DEADCC#DEADCCSet in Asphalt on #DEADCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.1:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DEADCC
#DEADCCRed-blind (protanopia)#DEADCCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DEADCCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DEADCCNo color (achromatopsia)