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≈ ThistleText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
neutralClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ ThistleAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Thistle #999DB5.chromary

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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#8690B2 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.

Club Soda on #8690B2#8690B2Set in Club Soda on #8690B2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.7:1
#8690B2 on Club Soda#8690B2Set in #8690B2 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.7:1
Ink on #8690B2#8690B2Set in Ink on #8690B2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 6.2:1
#8690B2 on Ink#8690B2
Display sizesLc 43 · 6.2:1
Navy on #8690B2#8690B2
Display sizesLc 40 · 4.6:1
#8690B2 on Navy#8690B2
Display sizesLc 39 · 4.6:1

For every eye: Club Soda on #8690B2

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