chromary

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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.

accentElectric LemonCH 0270 · #EFF746
supportMossCH 0053 · #5F6F2D
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ VoltageAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Voltage #5539CC.chromary

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.

How It Reads#753CCB 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.

Club Soda on #753CCB#753CCBSet in Club Soda on #753CCB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Electric Lemon on #753CCB#753CCBSet in Electric Lemon on #753CCB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#753CCB on Club Soda#753CCBSet in #753CCB on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#753CCB on Electric Lemon#753CCBSet in #753CCB on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #753CCB#753CCBSet in Dust on #753CCB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#753CCB on Dust#753CCBSet in #753CCB on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Club Soda on #753CCBThe 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #753CCB in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#753CCB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#753CCB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#753CCB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#753CCB
No color (achromatopsia)