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#3F1166 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.
Citron on #3F1166#3F1166Set in Citron on #3F1166, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 93 · 12.4:1 WCAG AAA#3F1166 on Citron#3F1166Set in #3F1166 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 91 · 12.4:1 WCAG AAAPink Mist on #3F1166#3F1166Set in Pink Mist on #3F1166, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 89 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA#3F1166 on Pink Mist#3F1166Set in #3F1166 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 87 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAADust on #3F1166#3F1166Set in Dust on #3F1166, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA#3F1166 on Dust#3F1166Set in #3F1166 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: Citron on #3F1166The 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 Citron still stands clearly off #3F1166 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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