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#9969A8 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 #9969A8#9969A8Set in Pink Mist on #9969A8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.5:1#9969A8 on Pink Mist#9969A8Set in #9969A8 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.5:1Pink Lilac on #9969A8#9969A8Display sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1#9969A8 on Pink Lilac#9969A8Display sizesLc 39 · 2.6:1Dust on #9969A8#9969A8Display sizesLc 38 · 2.4:1#9969A8 on Dust#9969A8Display sizesLc 35 · 2.4:1
For every eye: Pink Mist on #9969A8
#9969A8Red-blind (protanopia)#9969A8Green-blind (deuteranopia)#9969A8Blue-blind (tritanopia)#9969A8No color (achromatopsia)