chromary

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

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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.

supportSkyCH 0076 · #87CEEB
neutralSky IceCH 0413 · #CFF2FD
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LagoonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon #00A5A5.chromary

Named neighbors

LagoonCH 0065
Light SkyCH 0399

Named opposites

GrapefruitCH 0183
MangoCH 0184

Color Values

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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.

ComplementarySplit complementaryTriadTetradAnalogousTintsShadesWarmerCoolerMuted companion

How It Reads#509BB1 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.

Club Soda on #509BB1#509BB1Set in Club Soda on #509BB1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Acid on #509BB1#509BB1Set in Acid on #509BB1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#509BB1 on Club Soda#509BB1Set in #509BB1 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#509BB1 on Acid#509BB1Set in #509BB1 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #509BB1#509BB1
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#509BB1 on Charcoal#509BB1
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #509BB1

#509BB1
Red-blind (protanopia)
#509BB1
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#509BB1
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#509BB1
No color (achromatopsia)