chromary
Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLagoon MistCH 0118 · #82CBB2
neutralHoneydew CreamCH 0340 · #CFF5E8
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.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#489D7E 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.

Paper on #489D7E#489D7ESet in Paper on #489D7E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#489D7E on Paper#489D7ESet in #489D7E on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #489D7E#489D7E
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#489D7E on Panel#489D7E
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Forest on #489D7E#489D7E
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Pale Jade on #489D7E#489D7E
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Paper on #489D7EThe 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 Paper still stands clearly off #489D7E 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)