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#B178AA 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #B178AA#B178AASet in Milk on #B178AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large#B178AA on Milk#B178AASet in #B178AA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA largeInk on #B178AA#B178AADisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA#B178AA on Ink#B178AADisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.7:1 WCAG AAEggplant on #B178AA#B178AADisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large#B178AA on Eggplant#B178AADisplay sizesLc 34 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Milk on #B178AA
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