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#A9B8E5 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.
Ink on #A9B8E5#A9B8E5Set in Ink on #A9B8E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 10.0:1#A9B8E5 on Ink#A9B8E5Set in #A9B8E5 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 10.0:1Navy on #A9B8E5#A9B8E5Set in Navy on #A9B8E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 7.3:1#A9B8E5 on Navy#A9B8E5Set in #A9B8E5 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 7.3:1#A9B8E5 on Gunmetal#A9B8E5Set in #A9B8E5 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1Gunmetal on #A9B8E5#A9B8E5Set in Gunmetal on #A9B8E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1
For every eye: Ink on #A9B8E5
#A9B8E5Red-blind (protanopia)#A9B8E5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#A9B8E5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#A9B8E5No color (achromatopsia)