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#5E9485 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 #5E9485#5E9485Set in Paper on #5E9485, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1#5E9485 on Paper#5E9485Set in #5E9485 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1Charcoal on #5E9485#5E9485Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1#5E9485 on Charcoal#5E9485Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1Surf Foam on #5E9485#5E9485Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1#5E9485 on Surf Foam#5E9485Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1
For every eye: Paper on #5E9485
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