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#5C85A8 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 #5C85A8#5C85A8Set in Club Soda on #5C85A8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.4:1#5C85A8 on Club Soda#5C85A8Set in #5C85A8 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1Sky Flash on #5C85A8#5C85A8Display sizesLc 42 · 2.5:1Lavender Blue on #5C85A8#5C85A8Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#5C85A8 on Sky Flash#5C85A8Display sizesLc 39 · 2.5:1#5C85A8 on Lavender Blue#5C85A8Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #5C85A8
#5C85A8Red-blind (protanopia)#5C85A8Green-blind (deuteranopia)#5C85A8Blue-blind (tritanopia)#5C85A8No color (achromatopsia)