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#BDB9DC 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.
Ink on #BDB9DC#BDB9DCSet in Ink on #BDB9DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.4:1#BDB9DC on Ink#BDB9DCSet in #BDB9DC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 10.4:1Navy on #BDB9DC#BDB9DCSet in Navy on #BDB9DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 7.7:1#BDB9DC on Navy#BDB9DCSet in #BDB9DC on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 7.7:1#BDB9DC on Gunmetal#BDB9DCSet in #BDB9DC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 5.9:1Gunmetal on #BDB9DC#BDB9DCSet in Gunmetal on #BDB9DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1
For every eye: Ink on #BDB9DC
#BDB9DCRed-blind (protanopia)#BDB9DCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#BDB9DCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#BDB9DCNo color (achromatopsia)