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#42C4BD 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 #42C4BD#42C4BDSet in Charcoal on #42C4BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 8.8:1#42C4BD on Charcoal#42C4BDSet in #42C4BD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1#42C4BD on Forest#42C4BDSet in #42C4BD on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1Forest on #42C4BD#42C4BDSet in Forest on #42C4BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1#42C4BD on Slate Teal#42C4BDSet in #42C4BD on Slate Teal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1Slate Teal on #42C4BD#42C4BDSet in Slate Teal on #42C4BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #42C4BD
#42C4BDRed-blind (protanopia)#42C4BDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#42C4BDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#42C4BDNo color (achromatopsia)