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#BCA7DE 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.
Ink on #BCA7DE#BCA7DESet in Ink on #BCA7DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA#BCA7DE on Ink#BCA7DESet in #BCA7DE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAABlackcurrant on #BCA7DE#BCA7DESet in Blackcurrant on #BCA7DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA#BCA7DE on Blackcurrant#BCA7DESet in #BCA7DE on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA#BCA7DE on Iron#BCA7DESet in #BCA7DE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AAIron on #BCA7DE#BCA7DESet in Iron on #BCA7DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Ink on #BCA7DE
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