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#1AC7CA 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Charcoal on #1AC7CA#1AC7CASet in Charcoal on #1AC7CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.0:1#1AC7CA on Charcoal#1AC7CASet in #1AC7CA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1#1AC7CA on Gunmetal#1AC7CASet in #1AC7CA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1Gunmetal on #1AC7CA#1AC7CASet in Gunmetal on #1AC7CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1#1AC7CA on Spruce Blue#1AC7CASet in #1AC7CA on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.4:1Spruce Blue on #1AC7CA#1AC7CASet in Spruce Blue on #1AC7CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #1AC7CA
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