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#B87995 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.
Pink Milk on #B87995#B87995Set in Pink Milk on #B87995, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.8:1#B87995 on Pink Milk#B87995Set in #B87995 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1Charcoal on #B87995#B87995Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1#B87995 on Charcoal#B87995Display sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1Damson on #B87995#B87995Display sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1Espresso on #B87995#B87995Display sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #B87995
#B87995Red-blind (protanopia)#B87995Green-blind (deuteranopia)#B87995Blue-blind (tritanopia)#B87995No color (achromatopsia)