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#59CB9E 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.
Panel on #59CB9E#59CB9ESet in Panel on #59CB9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA#59CB9E on Panel#59CB9ESet in #59CB9E on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA#59CB9E on Forest#59CB9ESet in #59CB9E on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1 WCAG AAForest on #59CB9E#59CB9ESet in Forest on #59CB9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA#59CB9E on Iron#59CB9ESet in #59CB9E on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1 WCAG AAIron on #59CB9E#59CB9ESet in Iron on #59CB9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Panel on #59CB9E
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