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#51536B 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 #51536B#51536BSet in Club Soda on #51536B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.5:1Acid on #51536B#51536BSet in Acid on #51536B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 6.3:1#51536B on Club Soda#51536BSet in #51536B on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.5:1#51536B on Acid#51536BSet in #51536B on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 6.3:1Fog on #51536B#51536BSet in Fog on #51536B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.7:1#51536B on Fog#51536BSet in #51536B on Fog, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.7:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #51536B
#51536BRed-blind (protanopia)#51536BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#51536BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#51536BNo color (achromatopsia)