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#68498E 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 #68498E#68498ESet in Citron on #68498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.3:1Pink Mist on #68498E#68498ESet in Pink Mist on #68498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.0:1#68498E on Citron#68498ESet in #68498E on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.3:1#68498E on Pink Mist#68498ESet in #68498E on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 6.0:1Dust on #68498E#68498ESet in Dust on #68498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 4.1:1#68498E on Dust#68498ESet in #68498E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.1:1
For every eye: Citron on #68498E
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