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#B3749E 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 #B3749E#B3749ESet in Milk on #B3749E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.2:1#B3749E on Milk#B3749ESet in #B3749E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1Charcoal on #B3749E#B3749EDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.3:1#B3749E on Charcoal#B3749EDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.3:1Cherry Blossom on #B3749E#B3749EDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1#B3749E on Cherry Blossom#B3749EDisplay sizesLc 33 · 2.2:1
For every eye: Milk on #B3749E
#B3749ERed-blind (protanopia)#B3749EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B3749EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#B3749ENo color (achromatopsia)