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#56556A 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 #56556A#56556ASet in Club Soda on #56556A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.3:1#56556A on Club Soda#56556ASet in #56556A on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.3:1Feather on #56556A#56556ASet in Feather on #56556A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.0:1Glow Stick on #56556A#56556ASet in Glow Stick on #56556A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.0:1#56556A on Feather#56556ASet in #56556A on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 5.0:1#56556A on Glow Stick#56556ASet in #56556A on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #56556A
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