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#EFF4EB 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.
#EFF4EB on Charcoal#EFF4EBSet in #EFF4EB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 98 · 16.7:1 WCAG AAACharcoal on #EFF4EB#EFF4EBSet in Charcoal on #EFF4EB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 97 · 16.7:1 WCAG AAA#EFF4EB on Iron#EFF4EBSet in #EFF4EB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 92 · 10.5:1 WCAG AAAIron on #EFF4EB#EFF4EBSet in Iron on #EFF4EB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 89 · 10.5:1 WCAG AAA#EFF4EB on Olive Grey#EFF4EBSet in #EFF4EB on Olive Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 87 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAAOlive Grey on #EFF4EB#EFF4EBSet in Olive Grey on #EFF4EB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 83 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: #EFF4EB on CharcoalThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If #EFF4EB still stands clearly off Charcoal in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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