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#4155A5 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.
Citron on #4155A5#4155A5Set in Citron on #4155A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.0:1Club Soda on #4155A5#4155A5Set in Club Soda on #4155A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 5.9:1#4155A5 on Citron#4155A5Set in #4155A5 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 6.0:1#4155A5 on Club Soda#4155A5Set in #4155A5 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.9:1Dust on #4155A5#4155A5Set in Dust on #4155A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1#4155A5 on Dust#4155A5Set in #4155A5 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1
For every eye: Citron on #4155A5
#4155A5Red-blind (protanopia)#4155A5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#4155A5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#4155A5No color (achromatopsia)