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#3EC9DF 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.
Charcoal on #3EC9DF#3EC9DFSet in Charcoal on #3EC9DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.5:1#3EC9DF on Charcoal#3EC9DFSet in #3EC9DF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.5:1#3EC9DF on Deep Sea#3EC9DFSet in #3EC9DF on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.8:1#3EC9DF on Gunmetal#3EC9DFSet in #3EC9DF on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1Deep Sea on #3EC9DF#3EC9DFSet in Deep Sea on #3EC9DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1Gunmetal on #3EC9DF#3EC9DFSet in Gunmetal on #3EC9DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #3EC9DF
#3EC9DFRed-blind (protanopia)#3EC9DFGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#3EC9DFBlue-blind (tritanopia)#3EC9DFNo color (achromatopsia)