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#539B81 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.
Paper on #539B81#539B81Set in Paper on #539B81, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 2.9:1#539B81 on Paper#539B81Set in #539B81 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1Charcoal on #539B81#539B81Display sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1#539B81 on Charcoal#539B81Display sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1Forest on #539B81#539B81Display sizesLc 36 · 3.7:1Pale Jade on #539B81#539B81Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1
For every eye: Paper on #539B81
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