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#6C489A 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 #6C489A#6C489ASet in Citron on #6C489A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.1:1Club Soda on #6C489A#6C489ASet in Club Soda on #6C489A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.0:1#6C489A on Citron#6C489ASet in #6C489A on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1#6C489A on Club Soda#6C489ASet in #6C489A on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 6.0:1Dust on #6C489A#6C489ASet in Dust on #6C489A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.0:1#6C489A on Dust#6C489ASet in #6C489A on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.0:1
For every eye: Citron on #6C489A
#6C489ARed-blind (protanopia)#6C489AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#6C489ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#6C489ANo color (achromatopsia)