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#BB5AD5 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #BB5AD5#BB5AD5Set in Milk on #BB5AD5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large#BB5AD5 on Milk#BB5AD5Set in #BB5AD5 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA largeInk on #BB5AD5#BB5AD5Display sizesLc 38 · 5.1:1 WCAG AAMagenta Flash on #BB5AD5#BB5AD5Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG#BB5AD5 on Ink#BB5AD5Display sizesLc 36 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA#BB5AD5 on Magenta Flash#BB5AD5Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Milk on #BB5AD5
#BB5AD5Red-blind (protanopia)#BB5AD5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#BB5AD5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#BB5AD5No color (achromatopsia)