chromary

≈ North Sea

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportDusty TealCH 0637 · #6394A0
neutralSteel BlueCH 0658 · #4180A6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ North SeaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is North Sea #3F8996.chromary

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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#48909C 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.

Citron on #48909C#48909CSet in Citron on #48909C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Club Soda on #48909C#48909CSet in Club Soda on #48909C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#48909C on Citron#48909CSet in #48909C on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#48909C on Club Soda#48909CSet in #48909C on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #48909C#48909C
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Baby Sky on #48909C#48909C
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Citron on #48909CThe 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 Citron still stands clearly off #48909C in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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