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#8A52CD 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.
Citron on #8A52CD#8A52CDSet in Citron on #8A52CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 4.4:1Club Soda on #8A52CD#8A52CDSet in Club Soda on #8A52CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 4.4:1#8A52CD on Citron#8A52CDSet in #8A52CD on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 4.4:1#8A52CD on Club Soda#8A52CDSet in #8A52CD on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 4.4:1Dust on #8A52CD#8A52CDDisplay sizesLc 43 · 2.9:1Mauve on #8A52CD#8A52CDDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.8:1
For every eye: Citron on #8A52CD
#8A52CDRed-blind (protanopia)#8A52CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8A52CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8A52CDNo color (achromatopsia)