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#53909B 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.
Citron on #53909B#53909BSet in Citron on #53909B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 3.2:1Club Soda on #53909B#53909BSet in Club Soda on #53909B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1#53909B on Citron#53909BSet in #53909B on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1#53909B on Club Soda#53909BSet in #53909B on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1Charcoal on #53909B#53909BDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1Spa on #53909B#53909BDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Citron on #53909B
#53909BRed-blind (protanopia)#53909BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#53909BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#53909BNo color (achromatopsia)