chromary

≈ Cyan PopText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

support≈ Lagoon Mist#5EC0B2
neutral≈ Spring#6BC0A1
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Cyan PopAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cyan Pop #32B2BB.chromary

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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#58BFC2 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 #58BFC2#58BFC2Set in Charcoal on #58BFC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#58BFC2 on Charcoal#58BFC2Set in #58BFC2 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#58BFC2 on Gunmetal#58BFC2Set in #58BFC2 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #58BFC2#58BFC2Set in Gunmetal on #58BFC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#58BFC2 on Spruce Blue#58BFC2Set in #58BFC2 on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Spruce Blue on #58BFC2#58BFC2Set in Spruce Blue on #58BFC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #58BFC2The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Charcoal still stands clearly off #58BFC2 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#58BFC2
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#58BFC2
No color (achromatopsia)