chromary

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

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportIceCH 0069 · #C4ECFF
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Neon BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Neon Blue #6D9DF6.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#8FAAFA 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 #8FAAFA#8FAAFASet in Ink on #8FAAFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#8FAAFA on Ink#8FAAFASet in #8FAAFA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Midnight on #8FAAFA#8FAAFASet in Midnight on #8FAAFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#8FAAFA on Midnight#8FAAFASet in #8FAAFA on Midnight, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#8FAAFA on Gunmetal#8FAAFASet in #8FAAFA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #8FAAFA#8FAAFASet in Gunmetal on #8FAAFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

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

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