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#A2859E 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 #A2859E#A2859ESet in Milk on #A2859E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1#A2859E on Milk#A2859ESet in #A2859E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1Ink on #A2859E#A2859EDisplay sizesLc 44 · 6.0:1#A2859E on Ink#A2859EDisplay sizesLc 41 · 6.0:1Espresso on #A2859E#A2859EDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1#A2859E on Espresso#A2859EDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #A2859E
#A2859ERed-blind (protanopia)#A2859EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A2859EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#A2859ENo color (achromatopsia)