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#8B495E 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.
Pink Milk on #8B495E#8B495ESet in Pink Milk on #8B495E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 5.5:1Aqua on #8B495E#8B495ESet in Aqua on #8B495E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.2:1#8B495E on Pink Milk#8B495ESet in #8B495E on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 5.5:1#8B495E on Aqua#8B495ESet in #8B495E on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 5.2:1Dust on #8B495E#8B495ESet in Dust on #8B495E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.7:1#8B495E on Dust#8B495ESet in #8B495E on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 3.7:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #8B495E
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