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#6D4A5E 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.
Milk on #6D4A5E#6D4A5ESet in Milk on #6D4A5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 6.7:1#6D4A5E on Milk#6D4A5ESet in #6D4A5E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.7:1Seafoam on #6D4A5E#6D4A5ESet in Seafoam on #6D4A5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 6.0:1#6D4A5E on Seafoam#6D4A5ESet in #6D4A5E on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 6.0:1Rose Quartz on #6D4A5E#6D4A5ESet in Rose Quartz on #6D4A5E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1#6D4A5E on Rose Quartz#6D4A5ESet in #6D4A5E on Rose Quartz, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #6D4A5E
#6D4A5ERed-blind (protanopia)#6D4A5EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#6D4A5EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#6D4A5ENo color (achromatopsia)