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#86B3DC 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 #86B3DC#86B3DCSet in Ink on #86B3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1#86B3DC on Ink#86B3DCSet in #86B3DC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.9:1Navy on #86B3DC#86B3DCSet in Navy on #86B3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.5:1#86B3DC on Navy#86B3DCSet in #86B3DC on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.5:1#86B3DC on Gunmetal#86B3DCSet in #86B3DC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1Gunmetal on #86B3DC#86B3DCSet in Gunmetal on #86B3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1
For every eye: Ink on #86B3DC
#86B3DCRed-blind (protanopia)#86B3DCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#86B3DCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#86B3DCNo color (achromatopsia)