chromary

≈ Neon BlueText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportHydrangeaCH 0436 · #849FD0
neutralBluebellCH 0434 · #939FB5
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Neon BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Neon Blue #6D9DF6.chromary

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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#608EFF 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.

Club Soda on #608EFF#608EFFSet in Club Soda on #608EFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#608EFF on Club Soda#608EFFSet in #608EFF on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #608EFF#608EFFSet in Ink on #608EFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#608EFF on Ink#608EFF
Display sizesLc 44 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
Midnight on #608EFF#608EFF
Display sizesLc 41 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
#608EFF on Midnight#608EFF
Display sizesLc 40 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Club Soda on #608EFFThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Club Soda still stands clearly off #608EFF in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#608EFF
Red-blind (protanopia)
#608EFF
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#608EFF
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#608EFF
No color (achromatopsia)