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#A9849B 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 #A9849B#A9849BSet in Milk on #A9849B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1#A9849B on Milk#A9849BSet in #A9849B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1Charcoal on #A9849B#A9849BDisplay sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1#A9849B on Charcoal#A9849BDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.8:1Espresso on #A9849B#A9849BDisplay sizesLc 36 · 3.7:1#A9849B on Espresso#A9849BDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1
For every eye: Milk on #A9849B
#A9849BRed-blind (protanopia)#A9849BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A9849BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#A9849BNo color (achromatopsia)