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#946E9E 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.
Milk on #946E9E#946E9ESet in Milk on #946E9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 3.8:1#946E9E on Milk#946E9ESet in #946E9E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.8:1Sweet Pea on #946E9E#946E9EDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1#946E9E on Sweet Pea#946E9EDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.6:1Ink on #946E9E#946E9EDisplay sizesLc 35 · 4.7:1#946E9E on Ink#946E9EDisplay sizesLc 32 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #946E9E
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