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#578999 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 #578999#578999Set in Club Soda on #578999, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1Acid on #578999#578999Set in Acid on #578999, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.2:1#578999 on Club Soda#578999Set in #578999 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1#578999 on Acid#578999Set in #578999 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.2:1Spa on #578999#578999Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#578999 on Spa#578999Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #578999
#578999Red-blind (protanopia)#578999Green-blind (deuteranopia)#578999Blue-blind (tritanopia)#578999No color (achromatopsia)