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#409B8D 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.
Paper on #409B8D#409B8DSet in Paper on #409B8D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 2.9:1#409B8D on Paper#409B8DSet in #409B8D on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1Charcoal on #409B8D#409B8DDisplay sizesLc 43 · 5.6:1Sun on #409B8D#409B8DDisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.3:1#409B8D on Charcoal#409B8DDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.6:1#409B8D on Sun#409B8DDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Paper on #409B8D
#409B8DRed-blind (protanopia)#409B8DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#409B8DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#409B8DNo color (achromatopsia)