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#797BAE 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.
Club Soda on #797BAE#797BAESet in Club Soda on #797BAE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.5:1#797BAE on Club Soda#797BAESet in #797BAE on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.5:1Lilac Ice on #797BAE#797BAEDisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#797BAE on Lilac Ice#797BAEDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1Ink on #797BAE#797BAEDisplay sizesLc 37 · 4.9:1#797BAE on Ink#797BAEDisplay sizesLc 34 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #797BAE
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