chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentHazardCH 0029 · #FF6700
supportMochaCH 0096 · #967969
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ TaupeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Taupe #8B8589.chromary

Color Values

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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#5D8D9F 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 #5D8D9F#5D8D9FSet in Club Soda on #5D8D9F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.2:1
#5D8D9F on Club Soda#5D8D9FSet in #5D8D9F on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.2:1
Charcoal on #5D8D9F#5D8D9F
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.2:1
Robin Egg on #5D8D9F#5D8D9F
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.3:1
#5D8D9F on Charcoal#5D8D9F
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.2:1
#5D8D9F on Robin Egg#5D8D9F
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1

For every eye: Club Soda on #5D8D9F

#5D8D9F
Red-blind (protanopia)
#5D8D9F
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#5D8D9F
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#5D8D9F
No color (achromatopsia)