chromary

≈ LagoonText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLagoon MistCH 0118 · #82CBB2
neutralAqua IceCH 0375 · #CBF5F1
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperVaporCH 0373 · #DDF0ED
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.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#00A49A 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.

Vapor on #00A49A#00A49ASet in Vapor on #00A49A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#00A49A on Vapor#00A49ASet in #00A49A on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #00A49A#00A49ASet in Charcoal on #00A49A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#00A49A on Charcoal#00A49A
Display sizesLc 43 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Butter on #00A49A#00A49A
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#00A49A on Butter#00A49A
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Vapor on #00A49A

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#00A49A
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#00A49A
No color (achromatopsia)