chromary

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

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

Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

support≈ Fuchsia#AC2AF5
accentHoneyCH 0044 · #EBA937
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperVaporCH 0373 · #DDF0ED
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.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#0EA59D 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 #0EA59D#0EA59DSet in Vapor on #0EA59D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #0EA59D#0EA59DSet in Charcoal on #0EA59D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#0EA59D on Vapor#0EA59DSet in #0EA59D on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#0EA59D on Charcoal#0EA59D
Display sizesLc 44 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Butter on #0EA59D#0EA59D
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#0EA59D on Butter#0EA59D
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Vapor on #0EA59DThe 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 Vapor still stands clearly off #0EA59D 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)