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#9D779C 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 #9D779C#9D779CSet in Milk on #9D779C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1#9D779C on Milk#9D779CSet in #9D779C on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1Mauve Mist on #9D779C#9D779CDisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1Ink on #9D779C#9D779CDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.2:1#9D779C on Ink#9D779CDisplay sizesLc 36 · 5.2:1#9D779C on Mauve Mist#9D779CDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.4:1
For every eye: Milk on #9D779C
#9D779CRed-blind (protanopia)#9D779CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9D779CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9D779CNo color (achromatopsia)