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#9281AD 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.
Club Soda on #9281AD#9281ADSet in Club Soda on #9281AD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1#9281AD on Club Soda#9281ADSet in #9281AD on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1Ink on #9281AD#9281ADDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.6:1#9281AD on Ink#9281ADDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.6:1Sweet Pea on #9281AD#9281ADDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1Navy on #9281AD#9281ADDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.8:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #9281AD
#9281ADRed-blind (protanopia)#9281ADGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9281ADBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9281ADNo color (achromatopsia)