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#C9B4E1 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 #C9B4E1#C9B4E1Set in Ink on #C9B4E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.4:1#C9B4E1 on Ink#C9B4E1Set in #C9B4E1 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 10.4:1Blackcurrant on #C9B4E1#C9B4E1Set in Blackcurrant on #C9B4E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 8.6:1#C9B4E1 on Blackcurrant#C9B4E1Set in #C9B4E1 on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 8.6:1#C9B4E1 on Iron#C9B4E1Set in #C9B4E1 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1Iron on #C9B4E1#C9B4E1Set in Iron on #C9B4E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1
For every eye: Ink on #C9B4E1
#C9B4E1Red-blind (protanopia)#C9B4E1Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C9B4E1Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C9B4E1No color (achromatopsia)