chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentPunchCH 0023 · #FF385C
support≈ Greige#D0A8A7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ SilverAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Silver #A5AFBA.chromary

Color Values

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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#91BDBF 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.

Charcoal on #91BDBF#91BDBFSet in Charcoal on #91BDBF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#91BDBF on Charcoal#91BDBFSet in #91BDBF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#91BDBF on Gunmetal#91BDBFSet in #91BDBF on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #91BDBF#91BDBFSet in Gunmetal on #91BDBF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#91BDBF on Spruce Blue#91BDBFSet in #91BDBF on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large
Spruce Blue on #91BDBF#91BDBFSet in Spruce Blue on #91BDBF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Charcoal on #91BDBFThe 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #91BDBF in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#91BDBF
Red-blind (protanopia)
#91BDBF
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#91BDBF
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#91BDBF
No color (achromatopsia)