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#508E8E 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.
Milk on #508E8E#508E8ESet in Milk on #508E8E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1Lemon on #508E8E#508E8ESet in Lemon on #508E8E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 3.3:1#508E8E on Milk#508E8ESet in #508E8E on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1#508E8E on Lemon#508E8ESet in #508E8E on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1Tide on #508E8E#508E8EDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1Charcoal on #508E8E#508E8EDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Milk on #508E8E
#508E8ERed-blind (protanopia)#508E8EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#508E8EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#508E8ENo color (achromatopsia)