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#5B9C8A 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.
Paper on #5B9C8A#5B9C8ASet in Paper on #5B9C8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1#5B9C8A on Paper#5B9C8ASet in #5B9C8A on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1Charcoal on #5B9C8A#5B9C8ADisplay sizesLc 44 · 5.9:1#5B9C8A on Charcoal#5B9C8ADisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.9:1Forest on #5B9C8A#5B9C8ADisplay sizesLc 37 · 3.9:1#5B9C8A on Forest#5B9C8ADisplay sizesLc 36 · 3.9:1
For every eye: Paper on #5B9C8A
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