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#6B498E 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.
Acid on #6B498E#6B498ESet in Acid on #6B498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.9:1Pink Mist on #6B498E#6B498ESet in Pink Mist on #6B498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.9:1#6B498E on Acid#6B498ESet in #6B498E on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.9:1#6B498E on Pink Mist#6B498ESet in #6B498E on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.9:1Dust on #6B498E#6B498ESet in Dust on #6B498E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.1:1#6B498E on Dust#6B498ESet in #6B498E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.1:1
For every eye: Acid on #6B498E
#6B498ERed-blind (protanopia)#6B498EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#6B498EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#6B498ENo color (achromatopsia)