chromary

≈ Workwear

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportVermilionCH 0019 · #E34234
accentSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ WorkwearAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Workwear #3B5B92.chromary

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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#006093 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.

Citron on #006093#006093Set in Citron on #006093, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Club Soda on #006093#006093Set in Club Soda on #006093, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 77 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#006093 on Citron#006093Set in #006093 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#006093 on Club Soda#006093Set in #006093 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Sky on #006093#006093Set in Sky on #006093, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Dust on #006093#006093Set in Dust on #006093, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Citron on #006093The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Citron still stands clearly off #006093 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#006093
Red-blind (protanopia)
#006093
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#006093
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#006093
No color (achromatopsia)