chromary

≈ Cyan Blue

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

The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentTangerineCH 0030 · #F28500
supportOchreCH 0047 · #CC7722
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Cyan BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cyan Blue #31ABE0.chromary

Color Values

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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#2A99C7 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 #2A99C7#2A99C7Set in Club Soda on #2A99C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#2A99C7 on Club Soda#2A99C7Set in #2A99C7 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #2A99C7#2A99C7
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#2A99C7 on Charcoal#2A99C7
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
Deep Sea on #2A99C7#2A99C7
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Gunmetal on #2A99C7#2A99C7
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Club Soda on #2A99C7

#2A99C7
Red-blind (protanopia)
#2A99C7
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#2A99C7
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#2A99C7
No color (achromatopsia)