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#8C74AE 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 #8C74AE#8C74AESet in Citron on #8C74AE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 3.5:1Pink Mist on #8C74AE#8C74AESet in Pink Mist on #8C74AE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.4:1#8C74AE on Citron#8C74AESet in #8C74AE on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.5:1#8C74AE on Pink Mist#8C74AESet in #8C74AE on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.4:1Sweet Pea on #8C74AE#8C74AEDisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#8C74AE on Sweet Pea#8C74AEDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Citron on #8C74AE
#8C74AERed-blind (protanopia)#8C74AEGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#8C74AEBlue-blind (tritanopia)#8C74AENo color (achromatopsia)