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#C8A8CB 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 #C8A8CB#C8A8CBSet in Ink on #C8A8CB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1#C8A8CB on Ink#C8A8CBSet in #C8A8CB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.3:1Graphite on #C8A8CB#C8A8CBSet in Graphite on #C8A8CB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.4:1#C8A8CB on Graphite#C8A8CBSet in #C8A8CB on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1#C8A8CB on Iron#C8A8CBSet in #C8A8CB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1Iron on #C8A8CB#C8A8CBSet in Iron on #C8A8CB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
For every eye: Ink on #C8A8CB
#C8A8CBRed-blind (protanopia)#C8A8CBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C8A8CBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C8A8CBNo color (achromatopsia)