chromary

≈ Blue Check

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportLagoonCH 0065 · #00A5A5
neutral≈ Teal#009DA2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Blue CheckAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Blue Check #1D9BF0.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#0495C1 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.

Club Soda on #0495C1#0495C1Set in Club Soda on #0495C1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#0495C1 on Club Soda#0495C1Set in #0495C1 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #0495C1#0495C1
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#0495C1 on Charcoal#0495C1
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Ice Blue on #0495C1#0495C1
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#0495C1 on Ice Blue#0495C1
Display sizesLc 33 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #0495C1The 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #0495C1 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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