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#538DCD 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 #538DCD#538DCDSet in Club Soda on #538DCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1#538DCD on Club Soda#538DCDSet in #538DCD on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1Ink on #538DCD#538DCDDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.7:1#538DCD on Ink#538DCDDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.7:1Blue Flash on #538DCD#538DCDDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1#538DCD on Blue Flash#538DCDDisplay sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #538DCD
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