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#8B769A 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 Mist on #8B769A#8B769ASet in Pink Mist on #8B769A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.4:1#8B769A on Pink Mist#8B769ASet in #8B769A on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.4:1Mauve Mist on #8B769A#8B769ADisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1#8B769A on Mauve Mist#8B769ADisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.6:1Ink on #8B769A#8B769ADisplay sizesLc 36 · 4.8:1#8B769A on Ink#8B769ADisplay sizesLc 34 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Pink Mist on #8B769A
#8B769ARed-blind (protanopia)#8B769AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8B769ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#8B769ANo color (achromatopsia)