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#A3879D 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 #A3879D#A3879DSet in Milk on #A3879D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 2.9:1#A3879D on Milk#A3879DSet in #A3879D on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1Ink on #A3879D#A3879DDisplay sizesLc 44 · 6.1:1#A3879D on Ink#A3879DDisplay sizesLc 42 · 6.1:1Espresso on #A3879D#A3879DDisplay sizesLc 36 · 3.8:1#A3879D on Espresso#A3879DDisplay sizesLc 36 · 3.8:1
For every eye: Milk on #A3879D
#A3879DRed-blind (protanopia)#A3879DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A3879DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#A3879DNo color (achromatopsia)