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#508D7C 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.
Paper on #508D7C#508D7CSet in Paper on #508D7C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1#508D7C on Paper#508D7CSet in #508D7C on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1Surf Foam on #508D7C#508D7CDisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1Yolk on #508D7C#508D7CDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1#508D7C on Surf Foam#508D7CDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1Charcoal on #508D7C#508D7CDisplay sizesLc 37 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Paper on #508D7C
#508D7CRed-blind (protanopia)#508D7CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#508D7CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#508D7CNo color (achromatopsia)