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#3E605D 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.
Vapor on #3E605D#3E605DSet in Vapor on #3E605D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA#3E605D on Vapor#3E605DSet in #3E605D on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.8:1 WCAG AAButter on #3E605D#3E605DSet in Butter on #3E605D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA#3E605D on Butter#3E605DSet in #3E605D on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 5.3:1 WCAG AAFeather on #3E605D#3E605DSet in Feather on #3E605D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA#3E605D on Feather#3E605DSet in #3E605D on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Vapor on #3E605D
#3E605DRed-blind (protanopia)#3E605DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#3E605DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#3E605DNo color (achromatopsia)