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#499AC6 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.
Club Soda on #499AC6#499AC6Set in Club Soda on #499AC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.7:1#499AC6 on Club Soda#499AC6Set in #499AC6 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.7:1Ink on #499AC6#499AC6Set in Ink on #499AC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 6.3:1#499AC6 on Ink#499AC6Display sizesLc 44 · 6.3:1Navy on #499AC6#499AC6Display sizesLc 41 · 4.6:1#499AC6 on Navy#499AC6Display sizesLc 40 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #499AC6
#499AC6Red-blind (protanopia)#499AC6Green-blind (deuteranopia)#499AC6Blue-blind (tritanopia)#499AC6No color (achromatopsia)