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#8A70BB 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.
Citron on #8A70BB#8A70BBSet in Citron on #8A70BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA largeClub Soda on #8A70BB#8A70BBSet in Club Soda on #8A70BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large#8A70BB on Citron#8A70BBSet in #8A70BB on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large#8A70BB on Club Soda#8A70BBSet in #8A70BB on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA largeNeon Aqua on #8A70BB#8A70BBSet in Neon Aqua on #8A70BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG#8A70BB on Neon Aqua#8A70BBDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Citron on #8A70BB
#8A70BBRed-blind (protanopia)#8A70BBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8A70BBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8A70BBNo color (achromatopsia)