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#855ED6 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 #855ED6#855ED6Set in Club Soda on #855ED6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 4.0:1Electric Lemon on #855ED6#855ED6Set in Electric Lemon on #855ED6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 4.0:1#855ED6 on Club Soda#855ED6Set in #855ED6 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.0:1#855ED6 on Electric Lemon#855ED6Set in #855ED6 on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 4.0:1Dust on #855ED6#855ED6Display sizesLc 40 · 2.6:1#855ED6 on Dust#855ED6Display sizesLc 38 · 2.6:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #855ED6
#855ED6Red-blind (protanopia)#855ED6Green-blind (deuteranopia)#855ED6Blue-blind (tritanopia)#855ED6No color (achromatopsia)