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#85ABED 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Ink on #85ABED#85ABEDSet in Ink on #85ABED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1#85ABED on Ink#85ABEDSet in #85ABED on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.5:1Lapis on #85ABED#85ABEDSet in Lapis on #85ABED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1#85ABED on Lapis#85ABEDSet in #85ABED on Lapis, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1#85ABED on Gunmetal#85ABEDSet in #85ABED on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1Gunmetal on #85ABED#85ABEDSet in Gunmetal on #85ABED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Ink on #85ABED
#85ABEDRed-blind (protanopia)#85ABEDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#85ABEDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#85ABEDNo color (achromatopsia)