chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

support≈ Spring#79BE9F
neutral≈ Pistachio#88BC90
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Lagoon MistAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lagoon Mist #82CBB2.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#6EBFAE 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 #6EBFAE#6EBFAESet in Charcoal on #6EBFAE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#6EBFAE on Charcoal#6EBFAESet in #6EBFAE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #6EBFAE#6EBFAESet in Forest on #6EBFAE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#6EBFAE on Forest#6EBFAESet in #6EBFAE on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#6EBFAE on Iron#6EBFAESet in #6EBFAE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #6EBFAE#6EBFAESet in Iron on #6EBFAE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #6EBFAEThe 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #6EBFAE in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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