chromary

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Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
accentBeeswaxCH 0663 · #F1B851
neutralAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC

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.

How It Reads#4682FC 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 #4682FC#4682FCSet in Club Soda on #4682FC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#4682FC on Club Soda#4682FCSet in #4682FC on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Night Sky on #4682FC#4682FC
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#4682FC on Night Sky#4682FC
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Ice Cobalt on #4682FC#4682FC
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#4682FC on Ice Cobalt#4682FC
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #4682FCThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Club Soda still stands clearly off #4682FC in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#4682FC
Red-blind (protanopia)
#4682FC
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#4682FC
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#4682FC
No color (achromatopsia)