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#3E8DAC 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.
Lemon on #3E8DAC#3E8DACSet in Lemon on #3E8DAC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.3:1Club Soda on #3E8DAC#3E8DACSet in Club Soda on #3E8DAC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.2:1#3E8DAC on Lemon#3E8DACSet in #3E8DAC on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1#3E8DAC on Club Soda#3E8DACSet in #3E8DAC on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1Baby Sky on #3E8DAC#3E8DACDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1Charcoal on #3E8DAC#3E8DACDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Lemon on #3E8DAC
#3E8DACRed-blind (protanopia)#3E8DACGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#3E8DACBlue-blind (tritanopia)#3E8DACNo color (achromatopsia)