chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel, loud, then in your register.

accentHazardCH 0029 · #FF6700
support≈ Caramel#BC7858
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#3E97B8 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.

Club Soda on #3E97B8#3E97B8Set in Club Soda on #3E97B8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1
#3E97B8 on Club Soda#3E97B8Set in #3E97B8 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1
Charcoal on #3E97B8#3E97B8
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.6:1
#3E97B8 on Charcoal#3E97B8
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.6:1
Baby Sky on #3E97B8#3E97B8
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1
Deep Sea on #3E97B8#3E97B8
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.4:1

For every eye: Club Soda on #3E97B8

#3E97B8
Red-blind (protanopia)
#3E97B8
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#3E97B8
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#3E97B8
No color (achromatopsia)