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#B172BE 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 #B172BE#B172BESet in Milk on #B172BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1#B172BE on Milk#B172BESet in #B172BE on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.1:1Ink on #B172BE#B172BEDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.6:1#B172BE on Ink#B172BEDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.6:1Pink Lilac on #B172BE#B172BEDisplay sizesLc 35 · 2.2:1Damson on #B172BE#B172BEDisplay sizesLc 33 · 3.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #B172BE
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