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#DB8EC1 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 #DB8EC1#DB8EC1Set in Charcoal on #DB8EC1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 7.7:1#DB8EC1 on Charcoal#DB8EC1Set in #DB8EC1 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 7.7:1Damson on #DB8EC1#DB8EC1Set in Damson on #DB8EC1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.1:1#DB8EC1 on Damson#DB8EC1Set in #DB8EC1 on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.1:1Iron on #DB8EC1#DB8EC1Set in Iron on #DB8EC1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1#DB8EC1 on Iron#DB8EC1Set in #DB8EC1 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DB8EC1
#DB8EC1Red-blind (protanopia)#DB8EC1Green-blind (deuteranopia)#DB8EC1Blue-blind (tritanopia)#DB8EC1No color (achromatopsia)