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#71A0DA 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 #71A0DA#71A0DASet in Ink on #71A0DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA#71A0DA on Ink#71A0DASet in #71A0DA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAALapis on #71A0DA#71A0DASet in Lapis on #71A0DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.9:1 WCAG AAClub Soda on #71A0DA#71A0DASet in Club Soda on #71A0DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG#71A0DA on Lapis#71A0DASet in #71A0DA on Lapis, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA#71A0DA on Club Soda#71A0DADisplay sizesLc 42 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
For every eye: Ink on #71A0DAThe 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 #71A0DA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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