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#5898FF 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.
Ink on #5898FF#5898FFSet in Ink on #5898FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.9:1Club Soda on #5898FF#5898FFSet in Club Soda on #5898FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.5:1#5898FF on Ink#5898FFSet in #5898FF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 6.9:1#5898FF on Club Soda#5898FFDisplay sizesLc 45 · 2.5:1Midnight on #5898FF#5898FFDisplay sizesLc 45 · 5.2:1#5898FF on Midnight#5898FFDisplay sizesLc 43 · 5.2:1
For every eye: Ink on #5898FF
#5898FFRed-blind (protanopia)#5898FFGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5898FFBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5898FFNo color (achromatopsia)