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#C9B5EA 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 #C9B5EA#C9B5EASet in Ink on #C9B5EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 10.6:1#C9B5EA on Ink#C9B5EASet in #C9B5EA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 10.6:1#C9B5EA on Navy#C9B5EASet in #C9B5EA on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 7.1:1Navy on #C9B5EA#C9B5EASet in Navy on #C9B5EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 7.1:1#C9B5EA on Iron#C9B5EASet in #C9B5EA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 6.3:1Iron on #C9B5EA#C9B5EASet in Iron on #C9B5EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 6.3:1
For every eye: Ink on #C9B5EA
#C9B5EARed-blind (protanopia)#C9B5EAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C9B5EABlue-blind (tritanopia)#C9B5EANo color (achromatopsia)