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#42489E 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.
Club Soda on #42489E#42489ESet in Club Soda on #42489E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.9:1#42489E on Club Soda#42489ESet in #42489E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.9:1Sun on #42489E#42489ESet in Sun on #42489E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 5.5:1#42489E on Sun#42489ESet in #42489E on Sun, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.5:1Violet Ice on #42489E#42489ESet in Violet Ice on #42489E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 5.0:1#42489E on Violet Ice#42489ESet in #42489E on Violet Ice, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #42489E
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