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#ECAD9E 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 #ECAD9E#ECAD9ESet in Charcoal on #ECAD9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 9.8:1#ECAD9E on Charcoal#ECAD9ESet in #ECAD9E on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 9.8:1#ECAD9E on Espresso#ECAD9ESet in #ECAD9E on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 6.4:1Espresso on #ECAD9E#ECAD9ESet in Espresso on #ECAD9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.4:1#ECAD9E on Clay#ECAD9ESet in #ECAD9E on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.9:1Clay on #ECAD9E#ECAD9ESet in Clay on #ECAD9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #ECAD9E
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