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#275B8E 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.
Club Soda on #275B8E#275B8ESet in Club Soda on #275B8E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.1:1#275B8E on Club Soda#275B8ESet in #275B8E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 6.1:1Butter on #275B8E#275B8ESet in Butter on #275B8E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 5.4:1#275B8E on Butter#275B8ESet in #275B8E on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 5.4:1Feather on #275B8E#275B8ESet in Feather on #275B8E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 4.9:1#275B8E on Feather#275B8ESet in #275B8E on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #275B8E
#275B8ERed-blind (protanopia)#275B8EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#275B8EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#275B8ENo color (achromatopsia)