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#860D8A 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 #860D8A#860D8ASet in Milk on #860D8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 83 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA#860D8A on Milk#860D8ASet in #860D8A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAAGlow Stick on #860D8A#860D8ASet in Glow Stick on #860D8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA#860D8A on Glow Stick#860D8ASet in #860D8A on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.9:1 WCAG AAMagenta Flash on #860D8A#860D8ASet in Magenta Flash on #860D8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA#860D8A on Magenta Flash#860D8ASet in #860D8A on Magenta Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Milk on #860D8A
#860D8ARed-blind (protanopia)#860D8AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#860D8ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#860D8ANo color (achromatopsia)