chromary

≈ Swimming Pool

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportPunchCH 0023 · #FF385C
accentYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Swimming PoolAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Swimming Pool #217BA2.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#308FB9 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 #308FB9#308FB9Set in Club Soda on #308FB9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#308FB9 on Club Soda#308FB9Set in #308FB9 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Aqua on #308FB9#308FB9
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #308FB9#308FB9
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Ice Blue on #308FB9#308FB9
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#308FB9 on Neon Aqua#308FB9
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #308FB9The 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 #308FB9 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#308FB9
Red-blind (protanopia)
#308FB9
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#308FB9
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#308FB9
No color (achromatopsia)