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#B5779B 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 #B5779B#B5779BSet in Milk on #B5779B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1#B5779B on Milk#B5779BSet in #B5779B on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1Charcoal on #B5779B#B5779BDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1#B5779B on Charcoal#B5779BDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1Cherry Blossom on #B5779B#B5779BDisplay sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1Damson on #B5779B#B5779BDisplay sizesLc 34 · 3.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #B5779B
#B5779BRed-blind (protanopia)#B5779BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B5779BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#B5779BNo color (achromatopsia)