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#82517E 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #82517E#82517ESet in Milk on #82517E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA#82517E on Milk#82517ESet in #82517E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.4:1 WCAG AARave on #82517E#82517ESet in Rave on #82517E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA#82517E on Rave#82517ESet in #82517E on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1 WCAG AACherry Blossom on #82517E#82517ESet in Cherry Blossom on #82517E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large#82517E on Cherry Blossom#82517ESet in #82517E on Cherry Blossom, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Milk on #82517E
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