chromary

≈ Swimming Pool

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

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Light Cobalt#6583C8
neutral≈ Wisteria#6A82C8
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
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#3A8EC0 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 #3A8EC0#3A8EC0Set in Club Soda on #3A8EC0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#3A8EC0 on Club Soda#3A8EC0Set in #3A8EC0 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Aqua on #3A8EC0#3A8EC0
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #3A8EC0#3A8EC0
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Blue Flash on #3A8EC0#3A8EC0
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#3A8EC0 on Ink#3A8EC0
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #3A8EC0The 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 #3A8EC0 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)