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#DB8FCD 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Ink on #DB8FCD#DB8FCDSet in Ink on #DB8FCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA#DB8FCD on Ink#DB8FCDSet in #DB8FCD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAAEggplant on #DB8FCD#DB8FCDSet in Eggplant on #DB8FCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA#DB8FCD on Eggplant#DB8FCDSet in #DB8FCD on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.6:1 WCAG AAIron on #DB8FCD#DB8FCDSet in Iron on #DB8FCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA#DB8FCD on Iron#DB8FCDSet in #DB8FCD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Ink on #DB8FCD
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