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#DB90CC 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 #DB90CC#DB90CCSet in Ink on #DB90CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1#DB90CC on Ink#DB90CCSet in #DB90CC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.3:1Eggplant on #DB90CC#DB90CCSet in Eggplant on #DB90CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.7:1#DB90CC on Eggplant#DB90CCSet in #DB90CC on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.7:1Iron on #DB90CC#DB90CCSet in Iron on #DB90CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.0:1#DB90CC on Iron#DB90CCSet in #DB90CC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Ink on #DB90CC
#DB90CCRed-blind (protanopia)#DB90CCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DB90CCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DB90CCNo color (achromatopsia)