chromary
Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportSkyCH 0076 · #87CEEB
neutralSky IceCH 0413 · #CFF2FD
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.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#3E96AF 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 #3E96AF#3E96AFSet in Club Soda on #3E96AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Acid on #3E96AF#3E96AFSet in Acid on #3E96AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#3E96AF on Club Soda#3E96AFSet in #3E96AF on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#3E96AF on Acid#3E96AFSet in #3E96AF on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #3E96AF#3E96AF
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#3E96AF on Charcoal#3E96AF
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #3E96AFThe 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 #3E96AF 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)