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#4D49B5 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 #4D49B5#4D49B5Set in Club Soda on #4D49B5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.2:1#4D49B5 on Club Soda#4D49B5Set in #4D49B5 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 6.2:1Sun on #4D49B5#4D49B5Set in Sun on #4D49B5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.0:1#4D49B5 on Sun#4D49B5Set in #4D49B5 on Sun, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 5.0:1Dust on #4D49B5#4D49B5Set in Dust on #4D49B5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.1:1#4D49B5 on Dust#4D49B5Set in #4D49B5 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.1:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #4D49B5
#4D49B5Red-blind (protanopia)#4D49B5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#4D49B5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#4D49B5No color (achromatopsia)