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#DE8EBE 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.
Charcoal on #DE8EBE#DE8EBESet in Charcoal on #DE8EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA#DE8EBE on Charcoal#DE8EBESet in #DE8EBE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAADamson on #DE8EBE#DE8EBESet in Damson on #DE8EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA#DE8EBE on Damson#DE8EBESet in #DE8EBE on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.1:1 WCAG AAIron on #DE8EBE#DE8EBESet in Iron on #DE8EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA#DE8EBE on Iron#DE8EBESet in #DE8EBE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #DE8EBE
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