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#55908B 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.
Vapor on #55908B#55908BSet in Vapor on #55908B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large#55908B on Vapor#55908BSet in #55908B on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA largeButter on #55908B#55908BSet in Butter on #55908B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG#55908B on Butter#55908BSet in #55908B on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.8:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #55908B#55908BDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AATide on #55908B#55908BDisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Vapor on #55908B
#55908BRed-blind (protanopia)#55908BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#55908BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#55908BNo color (achromatopsia)