chromary

≈ Light Cobalt

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Cerulean#2890C2
neutral≈ Swimming Pool#0093BB
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC

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.

How It Reads#5387CB 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 #5387CB#5387CBSet in Club Soda on #5387CB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#5387CB on Club Soda#5387CBSet in #5387CB on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #5387CB#5387CB
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Ice Cobalt on #5387CB#5387CB
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#5387CB on Ink#5387CB
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#5387CB on Ice Cobalt#5387CB
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #5387CB

#5387CB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#5387CB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#5387CB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#5387CB
No color (achromatopsia)