chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentVermilionCH 0019 · #E34234
support≈ Persimmon#8B4E40
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ PetrolAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Petrol #005F6B.chromary

Color Values

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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#016D7E 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 #016D7E#016D7ESet in Citron on #016D7E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Club Soda on #016D7E#016D7ESet in Club Soda on #016D7E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#016D7E on Citron#016D7ESet in #016D7E on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#016D7E on Club Soda#016D7ESet in #016D7E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Sky on #016D7E#016D7ESet in Sky on #016D7E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Dust on #016D7E#016D7ESet in Dust on #016D7E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Citron on #016D7EThe 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 #016D7E in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#016D7E
Red-blind (protanopia)
#016D7E
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#016D7E
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#016D7E
No color (achromatopsia)