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#5E87CD 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 #5E87CD#5E87CDSet in Club Soda on #5E87CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1#5E87CD on Club Soda#5E87CDSet in #5E87CD on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1Ink on #5E87CD#5E87CDDisplay sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1#5E87CD on Ink#5E87CDDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.4:1Ice Cobalt on #5E87CD#5E87CDDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1#5E87CD on Ice Cobalt#5E87CDDisplay sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #5E87CD
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