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#3E8E8A 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.
Vapor on #3E8E8A#3E8E8ASet in Vapor on #3E8E8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.3:1#3E8E8A on Vapor#3E8E8ASet in #3E8E8A on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.3:1Butter on #3E8E8A#3E8E8ASet in Butter on #3E8E8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1#3E8E8A on Butter#3E8E8ASet in #3E8E8A on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.0:1Tide on #3E8E8A#3E8E8ADisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#3E8E8A on Tide#3E8E8ADisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Vapor on #3E8E8A
#3E8E8ARed-blind (protanopia)#3E8E8AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#3E8E8ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#3E8E8ANo color (achromatopsia)