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#AE679C 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 #AE679C#AE679CSet in Milk on #AE679C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 3.6:1#AE679C on Milk#AE679CSet in #AE679C on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.6:1Cherry Blossom on #AE679C#AE679CDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1#AE679C on Cherry Blossom#AE679CDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.5:1Ink on #AE679C#AE679CDisplay sizesLc 37 · 4.9:1Dust on #AE679C#AE679CDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Milk on #AE679C
#AE679CRed-blind (protanopia)#AE679CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#AE679CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#AE679CNo color (achromatopsia)