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#A179A5 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 #A179A5#A179A5Set in Milk on #A179A5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.2:1#A179A5 on Milk#A179A5Set in #A179A5 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.2:1Ink on #A179A5#A179A5Display sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1#A179A5 on Ink#A179A5Display sizesLc 38 · 5.4:1Pink Lilac on #A179A5#A179A5Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1Eggplant on #A179A5#A179A5Display sizesLc 34 · 3.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #A179A5
#A179A5Red-blind (protanopia)#A179A5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#A179A5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#A179A5No color (achromatopsia)