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#745C9B 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 #745C9B#745C9BSet in Citron on #745C9B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 4.9:1Club Soda on #745C9B#745C9BSet in Club Soda on #745C9B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 4.9:1#745C9B on Citron#745C9BSet in #745C9B on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 4.9:1#745C9B on Club Soda#745C9BSet in #745C9B on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 4.9:1Dust on #745C9B#745C9BSet in Dust on #745C9B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 3.2:1#745C9B on Dust#745C9BDisplay sizesLc 44 · 3.2:1
For every eye: Citron on #745C9B
#745C9BRed-blind (protanopia)#745C9BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#745C9BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#745C9BNo color (achromatopsia)