chromary

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

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportNasturtiumCH 0186 · #EB7C2B
accentElectric LemonCH 0270 · #EFF746
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ HydrangeaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hydrangea #849FD0.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#88ADEA 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 #88ADEA#88ADEASet in Ink on #88ADEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#88ADEA on Ink#88ADEASet in #88ADEA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #88ADEA#88ADEASet in Navy on #88ADEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#88ADEA on Navy#88ADEASet in #88ADEA on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#88ADEA on Gunmetal#88ADEASet in #88ADEA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #88ADEA#88ADEASet in Gunmetal on #88ADEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #88ADEAThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Ink still stands clearly off #88ADEA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#88ADEA
Red-blind (protanopia)
#88ADEA
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#88ADEA
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#88ADEA
No color (achromatopsia)