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≈ Electric AquaText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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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.

supportGlacierCH 0068 · #97F8FF
neutralAqua IceCH 0375 · #CBF5F1
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperVaporCH 0373 · #DDF0ED
claim its number≈ Electric AquaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Electric Aqua #32B4AB.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#4EC2BC 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.

Charcoal on #4EC2BC#4EC2BCSet in Charcoal on #4EC2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#4EC2BC on Charcoal#4EC2BCSet in #4EC2BC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#4EC2BC on Forest#4EC2BCSet in #4EC2BC on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Forest on #4EC2BC#4EC2BCSet in Forest on #4EC2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#4EC2BC on Slate Teal#4EC2BCSet in #4EC2BC on Slate Teal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Slate Teal on #4EC2BC#4EC2BCSet in Slate Teal on #4EC2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #4EC2BC

#4EC2BC
Red-blind (protanopia)
#4EC2BC
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#4EC2BC
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#4EC2BC
No color (achromatopsia)