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#996E8F 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 #996E8F#996E8FSet in Milk on #996E8F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 3.8:1#996E8F on Milk#996E8FSet in #996E8F on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.8:1Cherry Blossom on #996E8F#996E8FDisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1#996E8F on Cherry Blossom#996E8FDisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.6:1Dust on #996E8F#996E8FDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.4:1#996E8F on Dust#996E8FDisplay sizesLc 35 · 2.4:1
For every eye: Milk on #996E8F
#996E8FRed-blind (protanopia)#996E8FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#996E8FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#996E8FNo color (achromatopsia)