chromary

≈ Electric SkyText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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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.

accentNeon CoralCH 0185 · #F77045
support≈ Grapefruit#C27C5E
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Electric SkyAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Electric Sky #32AFCD.chromary

Named neighbors

Electric SkyCH 0401
LagoonCH 0065

Named opposites

GrapefruitCH 0183
MangoCH 0184

Color Values

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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.

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How It Reads#409DBC 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 #409DBC#409DBCSet in Club Soda on #409DBC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#409DBC on Club Soda#409DBCSet in #409DBC on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #409DBC#409DBCSet in Charcoal on #409DBC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#409DBC on Charcoal#409DBC
Display sizesLc 43 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Deep Sea on #409DBC#409DBC
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Gunmetal on #409DBC#409DBC
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Club Soda on #409DBC

#409DBC
Red-blind (protanopia)
#409DBC
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#409DBC
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#409DBC
No color (achromatopsia)