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#156D8C 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.
Lemon on #156D8C#156D8CSet in Lemon on #156D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 5.0:1 WCAG AAClub Soda on #156D8C#156D8CSet in Club Soda on #156D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA#156D8C on Lemon#156D8CSet in #156D8C on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA#156D8C on Club Soda#156D8CSet in #156D8C on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 5.0:1 WCAG AASky on #156D8C#156D8CSet in Sky on #156D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA largeDust on #156D8C#156D8CSet in Dust on #156D8C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Lemon on #156D8C
#156D8CRed-blind (protanopia)#156D8CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#156D8CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#156D8CNo color (achromatopsia)