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#A5789B 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 #A5789B#A5789BSet in Milk on #A5789B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1#A5789B on Milk#A5789BSet in #A5789B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1Ink on #A5789B#A5789BDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1#A5789B on Ink#A5789BDisplay sizesLc 37 · 5.4:1Cherry Blossom on #A5789B#A5789BDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1#A5789B on Cherry Blossom#A5789BDisplay sizesLc 34 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Milk on #A5789B
#A5789BRed-blind (protanopia)#A5789BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A5789BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#A5789BNo color (achromatopsia)