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#5B909C 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 #5B909C#5B909CSet in Club Soda on #5B909C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1Acid on #5B909C#5B909CSet in Acid on #5B909C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.0:1#5B909C on Club Soda#5B909CSet in #5B909C on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1#5B909C on Acid#5B909CSet in #5B909C on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.0:1Charcoal on #5B909C#5B909CDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.3:1#5B909C on Charcoal#5B909CDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.3:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #5B909C
#5B909CRed-blind (protanopia)#5B909CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5B909CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5B909CNo color (achromatopsia)