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#CA9EB5 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.
Charcoal on #CA9EB5#CA9EB5Set in Charcoal on #CA9EB5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.1:1#CA9EB5 on Charcoal#CA9EB5Set in #CA9EB5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1Espresso on #CA9EB5#CA9EB5Set in Espresso on #CA9EB5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1#CA9EB5 on Espresso#CA9EB5Set in #CA9EB5 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1#CA9EB5 on Asphalt#CA9EB5Set in #CA9EB5 on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.2:1Asphalt on #CA9EB5#CA9EB5Display sizesLc 45 · 4.2:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #CA9EB5
#CA9EB5Red-blind (protanopia)#CA9EB5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#CA9EB5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#CA9EB5No color (achromatopsia)