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 ReadsPeriwinkle Blue 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 Periwinkle BluePeriwinkle BlueSet in Charcoal on Periwinkle Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 7.1:1Periwinkle Blue on CharcoalPeriwinkle BlueSet in Periwinkle Blue on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 7.1:1Club Soda on Periwinkle BluePeriwinkle BlueSet in Club Soda on Periwinkle Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.3:1Deep Sea on Periwinkle BluePeriwinkle BlueDisplay sizesLc 43 · 4.4:1Gunmetal on Periwinkle BluePeriwinkle BlueDisplay sizesLc 43 · 4.3:1Periwinkle Blue on Deep SeaPeriwinkle BlueDisplay sizesLc 43 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on Periwinkle Blue
Periwinkle BlueRed-blind (protanopia)Periwinkle BlueGreen-blind (deuteranopia)Periwinkle BlueBlue-blind (tritanopia)Periwinkle BlueNo color (achromatopsia)