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#5FA089 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Paper on #5FA089#5FA089Set in Paper on #5FA089, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG#5FA089 on Paper#5FA089Set in #5FA089 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.6:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #5FA089#5FA089Set in Charcoal on #5FA089, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA#5FA089 on Charcoal#5FA089Display sizesLc 43 · 6.1:1 WCAG AAForest on #5FA089#5FA089Display sizesLc 38 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large#5FA089 on Forest#5FA089Display sizesLc 37 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Paper on #5FA089
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