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#72447A 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 #72447A#72447ASet in Milk on #72447A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 6.6:1#72447A on Milk#72447ASet in #72447A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.6:1Slime on #72447A#72447ASet in Slime on #72447A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 5.5:1#72447A on Slime#72447ASet in #72447A on Slime, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 5.5:1Dust on #72447A#72447ASet in Dust on #72447A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.3:1#72447A on Dust#72447ASet in #72447A on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.3:1
For every eye: Milk on #72447A
#72447ARed-blind (protanopia)#72447AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#72447ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#72447ANo color (achromatopsia)