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#997CBA 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 #997CBA#997CBASet in Pink Mist on #997CBA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1#997CBA on Pink Mist#997CBASet in #997CBA on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1Ink on #997CBA#997CBADisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.6:1#997CBA on Ink#997CBADisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.6:1Sweet Pea on #997CBA#997CBADisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1Eggplant on #997CBA#997CBADisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.8:1
For every eye: Pink Mist on #997CBA
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