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#59909E 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.
Club Soda on #59909E#59909ESet in Club Soda on #59909E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA largeAcid on #59909E#59909ESet in Acid on #59909E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG#59909E on Club Soda#59909ESet in #59909E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large#59909E on Acid#59909ESet in #59909E on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #59909E#59909EDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA#59909E on Charcoal#59909EDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Club Soda on #59909E
#59909ERed-blind (protanopia)#59909EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#59909EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#59909ENo color (achromatopsia)