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#684D8F 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 #684D8F#684D8FSet in Citron on #684D8F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.1:1Club Soda on #684D8F#684D8FSet in Club Soda on #684D8F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.0:1#684D8F on Citron#684D8FSet in #684D8F on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1#684D8F on Club Soda#684D8FSet in #684D8F on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 6.0:1Dust on #684D8F#684D8FSet in Dust on #684D8F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.0:1#684D8F on Dust#684D8FSet in #684D8F on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.0:1
For every eye: Citron on #684D8F
#684D8FRed-blind (protanopia)#684D8FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#684D8FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#684D8FNo color (achromatopsia)