chromary

≈ Hydrangea

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

accentSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
support≈ Old Gold#A48C4F
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC

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#798DC4 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 #798DC4#798DC4Set in Club Soda on #798DC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#798DC4 on Club Soda#798DC4Set in #798DC4 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #798DC4#798DC4
Display sizesLc 43 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#798DC4 on Ink#798DC4
Display sizesLc 41 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Ice Cobalt on #798DC4#798DC4
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.0:1 fails WCAG
Deep Sea on #798DC4#798DC4
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Club Soda on #798DC4

#798DC4
Red-blind (protanopia)
#798DC4
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#798DC4
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#798DC4
No color (achromatopsia)