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#85BEC5 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.
Charcoal on #85BEC5#85BEC5Set in Charcoal on #85BEC5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.1:1#85BEC5 on Charcoal#85BEC5Set in #85BEC5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1#85BEC5 on Gunmetal#85BEC5Set in #85BEC5 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1Gunmetal on #85BEC5#85BEC5Set in Gunmetal on #85BEC5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1#85BEC5 on Spruce Blue#85BEC5Set in #85BEC5 on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.4:1Spruce Blue on #85BEC5#85BEC5Set in Spruce Blue on #85BEC5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #85BEC5
#85BEC5Red-blind (protanopia)#85BEC5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#85BEC5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#85BEC5No color (achromatopsia)