chromary

≈ Cyan BlueText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
accentNeon CoralCH 0185 · #F77045
neutral≈ Acid#96FA3A
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Cyan BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cyan Blue #31ABE0.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#29BEEA 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.

Charcoal on #29BEEA#29BEEASet in Charcoal on #29BEEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#29BEEA on Charcoal#29BEEASet in #29BEEA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#29BEEA on Deep Sea#29BEEASet in #29BEEA on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#29BEEA on Gunmetal#29BEEASet in #29BEEA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Deep Sea on #29BEEA#29BEEASet in Deep Sea on #29BEEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #29BEEA#29BEEASet in Gunmetal on #29BEEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #29BEEAThe 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #29BEEA 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)