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#5B8E9A 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.
Club Soda on #5B8E9A#5B8E9ASet in Club Soda on #5B8E9A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.1:1Acid on #5B8E9A#5B8E9ASet in Acid on #5B8E9A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.0:1#5B8E9A on Club Soda#5B8E9ASet in #5B8E9A on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1#5B8E9A on Acid#5B8E9ASet in #5B8E9A on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1Charcoal on #5B8E9A#5B8E9ADisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.2:1Spa on #5B8E9A#5B8E9ADisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #5B8E9A
#5B8E9ARed-blind (protanopia)#5B8E9AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5B8E9ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#5B8E9ANo color (achromatopsia)