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#5DB5EC 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.
Ink on #5DB5EC#5DB5ECSet in Ink on #5DB5EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1#5DB5EC on Ink#5DB5ECSet in #5DB5EC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.7:1#5DB5EC on Deep Sea#5DB5ECSet in #5DB5EC on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1Deep Sea on #5DB5EC#5DB5ECSet in Deep Sea on #5DB5EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1#5DB5EC on Gunmetal#5DB5ECSet in #5DB5EC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.0:1Gunmetal on #5DB5EC#5DB5ECSet in Gunmetal on #5DB5EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Ink on #5DB5EC
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