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#85BEE2 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 #85BEE2#85BEE2Set in Ink on #85BEE2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAA#85BEE2 on Ink#85BEE2Set in #85BEE2 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAA#85BEE2 on Deep Sea#85BEE2Set in #85BEE2 on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#85BEE2 on Gunmetal#85BEE2Set in #85BEE2 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.5:1 WCAG AADeep Sea on #85BEE2#85BEE2Set in Deep Sea on #85BEE2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.6:1 WCAG AAGunmetal on #85BEE2#85BEE2Set in Gunmetal on #85BEE2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Ink on #85BEE2
#85BEE2Red-blind (protanopia)#85BEE2Green-blind (deuteranopia)#85BEE2Blue-blind (tritanopia)#85BEE2No color (achromatopsia)