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#856DBA 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 #856DBA#856DBASet in Club Soda on #856DBA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.7:1#856DBA on Club Soda#856DBASet in #856DBA on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.7:1Lilac Pop on #856DBA#856DBADisplay sizesLc 43 · 2.7:1#856DBA on Lilac Pop#856DBADisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.7:1Dust on #856DBA#856DBADisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1#856DBA on Dust#856DBADisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #856DBA
#856DBARed-blind (protanopia)#856DBAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#856DBABlue-blind (tritanopia)#856DBANo color (achromatopsia)