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#9166CD 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 #9166CD#9166CDSet in Citron on #9166CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1Club Soda on #9166CD#9166CDSet in Club Soda on #9166CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.7:1#9166CD on Citron#9166CDSet in #9166CD on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1#9166CD on Club Soda#9166CDSet in #9166CD on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.7:1Fuchsia Ice on #9166CD#9166CDDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1#9166CD on Fuchsia Ice#9166CDDisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.6:1
For every eye: Citron on #9166CD
#9166CDRed-blind (protanopia)#9166CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9166CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9166CDNo color (achromatopsia)