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#863A6A 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.
Milk on #863A6A#863A6ASet in Milk on #863A6A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 6.6:1#863A6A on Milk#863A6ASet in #863A6A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.6:1Seafoam on #863A6A#863A6ASet in Seafoam on #863A6A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.9:1#863A6A on Seafoam#863A6ASet in #863A6A on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.9:1Cherry Blossom on #863A6A#863A6ASet in Cherry Blossom on #863A6A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.6:1#863A6A on Cherry Blossom#863A6ASet in #863A6A on Cherry Blossom, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #863A6A
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