chromary

≈ SilverText: 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
neutralChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ SilverAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Silver #A5AFBA.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#93B6DE 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 #93B6DE#93B6DESet in Ink on #93B6DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
#93B6DE on Ink#93B6DESet in #93B6DE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #93B6DE#93B6DESet in Navy on #93B6DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#93B6DE on Navy#93B6DESet in #93B6DE on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#93B6DE on Gunmetal#93B6DESet in #93B6DE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #93B6DE#93B6DESet in Gunmetal on #93B6DE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #93B6DEThe 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 #93B6DE 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)
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No color (achromatopsia)