chromary

≈ Blueberry

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

The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportNeon CoralCH 0185 · #F77045
accentButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ BlueberryAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Blueberry #4E759B.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#5A88B8 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 #5A88B8#5A88B8Set in Club Soda on #5A88B8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#5A88B8 on Club Soda#5A88B8Set in #5A88B8 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Blue Flash on #5A88B8#5A88B8
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #5A88B8#5A88B8
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#5A88B8 on Ink#5A88B8
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#5A88B8 on Blue Flash#5A88B8
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #5A88B8The 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #5A88B8 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)