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#009C9C 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.
Lemon on #009C9C#009C9CSet in Lemon on #009C9C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1 fails WCAGVapor on #009C9C#009C9CSet in Vapor on #009C9C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG#009C9C on Lemon#009C9CSet in #009C9C on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG#009C9C on Vapor#009C9CSet in #009C9C on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #009C9C#009C9CDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#009C9C on Charcoal#009C9CDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Lemon on #009C9C
#009C9CRed-blind (protanopia)#009C9CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#009C9CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#009C9CNo color (achromatopsia)