chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
support≈ Strawberry#DB989B
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PoolAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pool #71AAAE.chromary

Named neighbors

PoolCH 0364
AquamarineCH 0363

Named opposites

StrawberryCH 0148
WatermelonCH 0147

Color Values

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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.

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How It Reads#6BBDBE 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.

Charcoal on #6BBDBE#6BBDBESet in Charcoal on #6BBDBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#6BBDBE on Charcoal#6BBDBESet in #6BBDBE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#6BBDBE on Gunmetal#6BBDBESet in #6BBDBE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #6BBDBE#6BBDBESet in Gunmetal on #6BBDBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#6BBDBE on Spruce Blue#6BBDBESet in #6BBDBE on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Spruce Blue on #6BBDBE#6BBDBESet in Spruce Blue on #6BBDBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #6BBDBE

#6BBDBE
Red-blind (protanopia)
#6BBDBE
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#6BBDBE
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#6BBDBE
No color (achromatopsia)