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#A16ABA 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Lemon on #A16ABA#A16ABASet in Lemon on #A16ABA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largePink Mist on #A16ABA#A16ABASet in Pink Mist on #A16ABA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#A16ABA on Lemon#A16ABASet in #A16ABA on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largeSeafoam on #A16ABA#A16ABASet in Seafoam on #A16ABA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large#A16ABA on Pink Mist#A16ABASet in #A16ABA on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#A16ABA on Seafoam#A16ABASet in #A16ABA on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Lemon on #A16ABA
#A16ABARed-blind (protanopia)#A16ABAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A16ABABlue-blind (tritanopia)#A16ABANo color (achromatopsia)