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#1BC5CD 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 #1BC5CD#1BC5CDSet in Charcoal on #1BC5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 8.8:1#1BC5CD on Charcoal#1BC5CDSet in #1BC5CD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.8:1#1BC5CD on Deep Sea#1BC5CDSet in #1BC5CD on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1Deep Sea on #1BC5CD#1BC5CDSet in Deep Sea on #1BC5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1#1BC5CD on Spruce Blue#1BC5CDSet in #1BC5CD on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.3:1Spruce Blue on #1BC5CD#1BC5CDSet in Spruce Blue on #1BC5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #1BC5CD
#1BC5CDRed-blind (protanopia)#1BC5CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#1BC5CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#1BC5CDNo color (achromatopsia)