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#55BCDE 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.
Charcoal on #55BCDE#55BCDESet in Charcoal on #55BCDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA#55BCDE on Charcoal#55BCDESet in #55BCDE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA#55BCDE on Deep Sea#55BCDESet in #55BCDE on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA#55BCDE on Gunmetal#55BCDESet in #55BCDE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AADeep Sea on #55BCDE#55BCDESet in Deep Sea on #55BCDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AAGunmetal on #55BCDE#55BCDESet in Gunmetal on #55BCDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #55BCDE
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