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#499159 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.
Citron on #499159#499159Set in Citron on #499159, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1Paper on #499159#499159Set in Paper on #499159, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1#499159 on Citron#499159Set in #499159 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1#499159 on Paper#499159Set in #499159 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1Aurora on #499159#499159Display sizesLc 44 · 2.6:1Pale Sage on #499159#499159Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Citron on #499159
#499159Red-blind (protanopia)#499159Green-blind (deuteranopia)#499159Blue-blind (tritanopia)#499159No color (achromatopsia)