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#C8B4E5 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 #C8B4E5#C8B4E5Set in Ink on #C8B4E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.4:1#C8B4E5 on Ink#C8B4E5Set in #C8B4E5 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 10.4:1Blackcurrant on #C8B4E5#C8B4E5Set in Blackcurrant on #C8B4E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 8.6:1#C8B4E5 on Blackcurrant#C8B4E5Set in #C8B4E5 on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 8.6:1#C8B4E5 on Iron#C8B4E5Set in #C8B4E5 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1Iron on #C8B4E5#C8B4E5Set in Iron on #C8B4E5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1
For every eye: Ink on #C8B4E5
#C8B4E5Red-blind (protanopia)#C8B4E5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C8B4E5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C8B4E5No color (achromatopsia)