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#276C36 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.
Citron on #276C36#276C36Set in Citron on #276C36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 5.6:1 WCAG AAPaper on #276C36#276C36Set in Paper on #276C36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#276C36 on Citron#276C36Set in #276C36 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#276C36 on Paper#276C36Set in #276C36 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.6:1 WCAG AAAurora on #276C36#276C36Set in Aurora on #276C36, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large#276C36 on Aurora#276C36Set in #276C36 on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Citron on #276C36
#276C36Red-blind (protanopia)#276C36Green-blind (deuteranopia)#276C36Blue-blind (tritanopia)#276C36No color (achromatopsia)