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#B5559A 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 #B5559A#B5559ASet in Milk on #B5559A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 4.0:1Acid on #B5559A#B5559ASet in Acid on #B5559A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 3.7:1#B5559A on Milk#B5559ASet in #B5559A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 4.0:1Aqua on #B5559A#B5559ASet in Aqua on #B5559A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.5:1#B5559A on Acid#B5559ASet in #B5559A on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.7:1#B5559A on Aqua#B5559ASet in #B5559A on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.5:1
For every eye: Milk on #B5559A
#B5559ARed-blind (protanopia)#B5559AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B5559ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#B5559ANo color (achromatopsia)