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

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportFlamingo PopCH 0545 · #F74ED2
accentButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.chromary

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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#249BBA 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 #249BBA#249BBASet in Club Soda on #249BBA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Acid on #249BBA#249BBASet in Acid on #249BBA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#249BBA on Club Soda#249BBASet in #249BBA on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#249BBA on Acid#249BBASet in #249BBA on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #249BBA#249BBA
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#249BBA on Charcoal#249BBA
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #249BBAThe 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #249BBA 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)