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#79496B 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 #79496B#79496BSet in Milk on #79496B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.3:1#79496B on Milk#79496BSet in #79496B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.3:1Rave on #79496B#79496BSet in Rave on #79496B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 5.3:1#79496B on Rave#79496BSet in #79496B on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 5.3:1Cherry Blossom on #79496B#79496BSet in Cherry Blossom on #79496B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.4:1#79496B on Cherry Blossom#79496BSet in #79496B on Cherry Blossom, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Milk on #79496B
#79496BRed-blind (protanopia)#79496BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#79496BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#79496BNo color (achromatopsia)