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#5E8D7B 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.
Paper on #5E8D7B#5E8D7BSet in Paper on #5E8D7B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1#5E8D7B on Paper#5E8D7BSet in #5E8D7B on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1Surf Foam on #5E8D7B#5E8D7BDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1Charcoal on #5E8D7B#5E8D7BDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1#5E8D7B on Surf Foam#5E8D7BDisplay sizesLc 37 · 2.4:1#5E8D7B on Charcoal#5E8D7BDisplay sizesLc 36 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Paper on #5E8D7B
#5E8D7BRed-blind (protanopia)#5E8D7BGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5E8D7BBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5E8D7BNo color (achromatopsia)