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#BF8FFE 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 #BF8FFE#BF8FFESet in Ink on #BF8FFE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA#BF8FFE on Ink#BF8FFESet in #BF8FFE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAAViolet Night on #BF8FFE#BF8FFESet in Violet Night on #BF8FFE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA#BF8FFE on Violet Night#BF8FFESet in #BF8FFE on Violet Night, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.9:1 WCAG AAIron on #BF8FFE#BF8FFESet in Iron on #BF8FFE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA#BF8FFE on Iron#BF8FFESet in #BF8FFE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Ink on #BF8FFE
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