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#A56B99 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 #A56B99#A56B99Set in Milk on #A56B99, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 3.6:1#A56B99 on Milk#A56B99Set in #A56B99 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.6:1Cherry Blossom on #A56B99#A56B99Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#A56B99 on Cherry Blossom#A56B99Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1Dust on #A56B99#A56B99Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1Ink on #A56B99#A56B99Display sizesLc 36 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Milk on #A56B99
#A56B99Red-blind (protanopia)#A56B99Green-blind (deuteranopia)#A56B99Blue-blind (tritanopia)#A56B99No color (achromatopsia)