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

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Secondary

SecondaryNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
Secondary≈ Ultramarine#1428F2

Tertiary

TertiaryIce BlueCH 0408 · #97D8FA
Tertiary≈ Swimming Pool#3A8AB6
TertiaryPetrolCH 0064 · #005F6B
TertiaryDeep SeaCH 0070 · #0B3D5C

Neutrals

NeutralInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
NeutralGunmetalCH 0576 · #333C45
NeutralAshCH 0565 · #7A7A7A
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Cyan BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Cyan Blue #31ABE0.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#66BAEA 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.

Ink on #66BAEA#66BAEASet in Ink on #66BAEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#66BAEA on Ink#66BAEASet in #66BAEA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#66BAEA on Deep Sea#66BAEASet in #66BAEA on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#66BAEA on Gunmetal#66BAEASet in #66BAEA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Deep Sea on #66BAEA#66BAEASet in Deep Sea on #66BAEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #66BAEA#66BAEASet in Gunmetal on #66BAEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #66BAEAThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #66BAEA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#66BAEA
Red-blind (protanopia)
#66BAEA
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#66BAEA
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#66BAEA
No color (achromatopsia)