chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportCeladonCH 0326 · #8CA59C
neutralSageCH 0055 · #9AA189
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Sea GlassAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sea Glass #8CA696.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#8FA899 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.

Panel on #8FA899#8FA899Set in Panel on #8FA899, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
#8FA899 on Panel#8FA899Set in #8FA899 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Spruce on #8FA899#8FA899Set in Spruce on #8FA899, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#8FA899 on Spruce#8FA899Set in #8FA899 on Spruce, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Paper on #8FA899#8FA899Set in Paper on #8FA899, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
Iron on #8FA899#8FA899
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #8FA899The 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 Panel still stands clearly off #8FA899 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#8FA899
Red-blind (protanopia)
#8FA899
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#8FA899
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#8FA899
No color (achromatopsia)