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#1097BE 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 #1097BE#1097BESet in Club Soda on #1097BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG#1097BE on Club Soda#1097BESet in #1097BE on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #1097BE#1097BEDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#1097BE on Charcoal#1097BEDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1 WCAG AAIce Blue on #1097BE#1097BEDisplay sizesLc 36 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG#1097BE on Ice Blue#1097BEDisplay sizesLc 33 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Club Soda on #1097BE
#1097BERed-blind (protanopia)#1097BEGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#1097BEBlue-blind (tritanopia)#1097BENo color (achromatopsia)