chromary

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

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportPunchCH 0023 · #FF385C
accentSlimeCH 0049 · #39FF14
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#8DB2F4 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 #8DB2F4#8DB2F4Set in Ink on #8DB2F4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#8DB2F4 on Ink#8DB2F4Set in #8DB2F4 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
Deep Sea on #8DB2F4#8DB2F4Set in Deep Sea on #8DB2F4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#8DB2F4 on Deep Sea#8DB2F4Set in #8DB2F4 on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#8DB2F4 on Gunmetal#8DB2F4Set in #8DB2F4 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #8DB2F4#8DB2F4Set in Gunmetal on #8DB2F4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #8DB2F4The 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 #8DB2F4 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#8DB2F4
No color (achromatopsia)