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#38CACB 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Charcoal on #38CACB#38CACBSet in Charcoal on #38CACB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.3:1#38CACB on Charcoal#38CACBSet in #38CACB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.3:1#38CACB on Gunmetal#38CACBSet in #38CACB on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1Gunmetal on #38CACB#38CACBSet in Gunmetal on #38CACB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1#38CACB on Spruce Blue#38CACBSet in #38CACB on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.6:1Spruce Blue on #38CACB#38CACBSet in Spruce Blue on #38CACB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #38CACB
#38CACBRed-blind (protanopia)#38CACBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#38CACBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#38CACBNo color (achromatopsia)