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#5D938C 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.
Frost Green on #5D938C#5D938CSet in Frost Green on #5D938C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.0:1#5D938C on Frost Green#5D938CSet in #5D938C on Frost Green, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.0:1Sun on #5D938C#5D938CDisplay sizesLc 43 · 2.4:1Charcoal on #5D938C#5D938CDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1#5D938C on Sun#5D938CDisplay sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1#5D938C on Charcoal#5D938CDisplay sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1
For every eye: Frost Green on #5D938C
#5D938CRed-blind (protanopia)#5D938CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5D938CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5D938CNo color (achromatopsia)