chromary
Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportWorkwearCH 0111 · #3B5B92
neutral≈ Twilight#4C5470
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ CobaltAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cobalt #0047AB.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#3543BB 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 #3543BB#3543BBSet in Club Soda on #3543BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#3543BB on Club Soda#3543BBSet in #3543BB on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
Sunshine on #3543BB#3543BBSet in Sunshine on #3543BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#3543BB on Sunshine#3543BBSet in #3543BB on Sunshine, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #3543BB#3543BBSet in Dust on #3543BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA
#3543BB on Dust#3543BBSet in #3543BB on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #3543BBThe 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 #3543BB in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#3543BB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#3543BB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#3543BB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#3543BB
No color (achromatopsia)