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#A16BAA 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 #A16BAA#A16BAASet in Milk on #A16BAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.6:1Electric Lemon on #A16BAA#A16BAASet in Electric Lemon on #A16BAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.5:1#A16BAA on Milk#A16BAASet in #A16BAA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.6:1#A16BAA on Electric Lemon#A16BAASet in #A16BAA on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.5:1Aurora on #A16BAA#A16BAASet in Aurora on #A16BAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.7:1#A16BAA on Aurora#A16BAADisplay sizesLc 43 · 2.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #A16BAA
#A16BAARed-blind (protanopia)#A16BAAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A16BAABlue-blind (tritanopia)#A16BAANo color (achromatopsia)