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#B862BA 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 #B862BA#B862BASet in Milk on #B862BA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1Electric Lemon on #B862BA#B862BASet in Electric Lemon on #B862BA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.3:1#B862BA on Milk#B862BASet in #B862BA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1#B862BA on Electric Lemon#B862BASet in #B862BA on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.3:1Aurora on #B862BA#B862BADisplay sizesLc 44 · 2.6:1#B862BA on Aurora#B862BADisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.6:1
For every eye: Milk on #B862BA
#B862BARed-blind (protanopia)#B862BAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B862BABlue-blind (tritanopia)#B862BANo color (achromatopsia)