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#5597AF 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 #5597AF#5597AFSet in Club Soda on #5597AF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1#5597AF on Club Soda#5597AFSet in #5597AF on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1Charcoal on #5597AF#5597AFDisplay sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1#5597AF on Charcoal#5597AFDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1Robin Egg on #5597AF#5597AFDisplay sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1Deep Sea on #5597AF#5597AFDisplay sizesLc 34 · 3.5:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #5597AF
#5597AFRed-blind (protanopia)#5597AFGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5597AFBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5597AFNo color (achromatopsia)