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#579F97 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.
Frost Green on #579F97#579F97Set in Frost Green on #579F97, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG#579F97 on Frost Green#579F97Set in #579F97 on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.6:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #579F97#579F97Set in Charcoal on #579F97, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 6.0:1 WCAG AAButter on #579F97#579F97Display sizesLc 43 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG#579F97 on Charcoal#579F97Display sizesLc 43 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA#579F97 on Butter#579F97Display sizesLc 40 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Frost Green on #579F97
#579F97Red-blind (protanopia)#579F97Green-blind (deuteranopia)#579F97Blue-blind (tritanopia)#579F97No color (achromatopsia)