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#4E549E 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 #4E549E#4E549ESet in Club Soda on #4E549E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 5.9:1#4E549E on Club Soda#4E549ESet in #4E549E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.9:1Sun on #4E549E#4E549ESet in Sun on #4E549E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 4.7:1#4E549E on Sun#4E549ESet in #4E549E on Sun, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.7:1Dust on #4E549E#4E549ESet in Dust on #4E549E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1#4E549E on Dust#4E549ESet in #4E549E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #4E549E
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