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#A86CA6 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #A86CA6#A86CA6Set in Milk on #A86CA6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largeCitron on #A86CA6#A86CA6Set in Citron on #A86CA6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large#A86CA6 on Milk#A86CA6Set in #A86CA6 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large#A86CA6 on Citron#A86CA6Set in #A86CA6 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA largeAurora on #A86CA6#A86CA6Display sizesLc 44 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG#A86CA6 on Aurora#A86CA6Display sizesLc 41 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #A86CA6
#A86CA6Red-blind (protanopia)#A86CA6Green-blind (deuteranopia)#A86CA6Blue-blind (tritanopia)#A86CA6No color (achromatopsia)