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#5E8A8A 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.
Milk on #5E8A8A#5E8A8ASet in Milk on #5E8A8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1Lemon on #5E8A8A#5E8A8ASet in Lemon on #5E8A8A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1#5E8A8A on Milk#5E8A8ASet in #5E8A8A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1#5E8A8A on Lemon#5E8A8ASet in #5E8A8A on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1Tide on #5E8A8A#5E8A8ADisplay sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1#5E8A8A on Tide#5E8A8ADisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Milk on #5E8A8A
#5E8A8ARed-blind (protanopia)#5E8A8AGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5E8A8ABlue-blind (tritanopia)#5E8A8ANo color (achromatopsia)