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#857AB1 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 #857AB1#857AB1Set in Club Soda on #857AB1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.4:1#857AB1 on Club Soda#857AB1Set in #857AB1 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.4:1Sweet Pea on #857AB1#857AB1Display sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1Ink on #857AB1#857AB1Display sizesLc 38 · 5.1:1#857AB1 on Sweet Pea#857AB1Display sizesLc 37 · 2.4:1#857AB1 on Ink#857AB1Display sizesLc 35 · 5.1:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #857AB1
#857AB1Red-blind (protanopia)#857AB1Green-blind (deuteranopia)#857AB1Blue-blind (tritanopia)#857AB1No color (achromatopsia)