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#5F5B8D 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.
Lemon on #5F5B8D#5F5B8DSet in Lemon on #5F5B8D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.4:1Club Soda on #5F5B8D#5F5B8DSet in Club Soda on #5F5B8D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 5.4:1#5F5B8D on Lemon#5F5B8DSet in #5F5B8D on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.4:1#5F5B8D on Club Soda#5F5B8DSet in #5F5B8D on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 5.4:1Feather on #5F5B8D#5F5B8DSet in Feather on #5F5B8D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 4.3:1#5F5B8D on Feather#5F5B8DSet in #5F5B8D on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.3:1
For every eye: Lemon on #5F5B8D
#5F5B8DRed-blind (protanopia)#5F5B8DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#5F5B8DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#5F5B8DNo color (achromatopsia)