chromary

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

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

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

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Cyan Pop#009FA8
neutral≈ Electric Sky#119CB7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperFrost GreenCH 0338 · #DFF0EA
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#07A196 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.

Frost Green on #07A196#07A196Set in Frost Green on #07A196, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#07A196 on Frost Green#07A196Set in #07A196 on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Butter on #07A196#07A196Set in Butter on #07A196, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #07A196#07A196
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#07A196 on Charcoal#07A196
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#07A196 on Butter#07A196
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Frost Green on #07A196The 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 Frost Green still stands clearly off #07A196 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)