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#AD6E9F 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 #AD6E9F#AD6E9FSet in Milk on #AD6E9F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1#AD6E9F on Milk#AD6E9FSet in #AD6E9F on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1Cherry Blossom on #AD6E9F#AD6E9FDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.4:1Ink on #AD6E9F#AD6E9FDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.2:1#AD6E9F on Ink#AD6E9FDisplay sizesLc 36 · 5.2:1#AD6E9F on Cherry Blossom#AD6E9FDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.4:1
For every eye: Milk on #AD6E9F
#AD6E9FRed-blind (protanopia)#AD6E9FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#AD6E9FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#AD6E9FNo color (achromatopsia)