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#C5A5DB 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 #C5A5DB#C5A5DBSet in Ink on #C5A5DB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.1:1#C5A5DB on Ink#C5A5DBSet in #C5A5DB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 9.1:1Eggplant on #C5A5DB#C5A5DBSet in Eggplant on #C5A5DB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1#C5A5DB on Eggplant#C5A5DBSet in #C5A5DB on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.4:1#C5A5DB on Iron#C5A5DBSet in #C5A5DB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1Iron on #C5A5DB#C5A5DBSet in Iron on #C5A5DB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
For every eye: Ink on #C5A5DB
#C5A5DBRed-blind (protanopia)#C5A5DBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C5A5DBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C5A5DBNo color (achromatopsia)