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#5540AC 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.
Lemon on #5540AC#5540ACSet in Lemon on #5540AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 81 · 6.7:1 WCAG AAClub Soda on #5540AC#5540ACSet in Club Soda on #5540AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.7:1 WCAG AA#5540AC on Lemon#5540ACSet in #5540AC on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.7:1 WCAG AA#5540AC on Club Soda#5540ACSet in #5540AC on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.7:1 WCAG AADust on #5540AC#5540ACSet in Dust on #5540AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large#5540AC on Dust#5540ACSet in #5540AC on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Lemon on #5540AC
#5540ACRed-blind (protanopia)#5540ACGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5540ACBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5540ACNo color (achromatopsia)