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#6A8C6E 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.
Citron on #6A8C6E#6A8C6ESet in Citron on #6A8C6E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1Paper on #6A8C6E#6A8C6ESet in Paper on #6A8C6E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1#6A8C6E on Citron#6A8C6ESet in #6A8C6E on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1#6A8C6E on Paper#6A8C6ESet in #6A8C6E on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1Aurora on #6A8C6E#6A8C6EDisplay sizesLc 44 · 2.5:1#6A8C6E on Aurora#6A8C6EDisplay sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1
For every eye: Citron on #6A8C6E
#6A8C6ERed-blind (protanopia)#6A8C6EGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#6A8C6EBlue-blind (tritanopia)#6A8C6ENo color (achromatopsia)