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#45CAE3 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 #45CAE3#45CAE3Set in Charcoal on #45CAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 9.6:1#45CAE3 on Charcoal#45CAE3Set in #45CAE3 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.6:1#45CAE3 on Deep Sea#45CAE3Set in #45CAE3 on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1#45CAE3 on Gunmetal#45CAE3Set in #45CAE3 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.8:1Deep Sea on #45CAE3#45CAE3Set in Deep Sea on #45CAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1Gunmetal on #45CAE3#45CAE3Set in Gunmetal on #45CAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.8:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #45CAE3
#45CAE3Red-blind (protanopia)#45CAE3Green-blind (deuteranopia)#45CAE3Blue-blind (tritanopia)#45CAE3No color (achromatopsia)