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#86B7E8 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 #86B7E8#86B7E8Set in Ink on #86B7E8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1#86B7E8 on Ink#86B7E8Set in #86B7E8 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.3:1#86B7E8 on Deep Sea#86B7E8Set in #86B7E8 on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1#86B7E8 on Gunmetal#86B7E8Set in #86B7E8 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.3:1Deep Sea on #86B7E8#86B7E8Set in Deep Sea on #86B7E8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1Gunmetal on #86B7E8#86B7E8Set in Gunmetal on #86B7E8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.3:1
For every eye: Ink on #86B7E8
#86B7E8Red-blind (protanopia)#86B7E8Green-blind (deuteranopia)#86B7E8Blue-blind (tritanopia)#86B7E8No color (achromatopsia)