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#87B9BD 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 #87B9BD#87B9BDSet in Charcoal on #87B9BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1#87B9BD on Charcoal#87B9BDSet in #87B9BD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1#87B9BD on Gunmetal#87B9BDSet in #87B9BD on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.2:1Gunmetal on #87B9BD#87B9BDSet in Gunmetal on #87B9BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1#87B9BD on Spruce Blue#87B9BDSet in #87B9BD on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1Spruce Blue on #87B9BD#87B9BDSet in Spruce Blue on #87B9BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #87B9BD
#87B9BDRed-blind (protanopia)#87B9BDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#87B9BDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#87B9BDNo color (achromatopsia)