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#9CAFED 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Ink on #9CAFED#9CAFEDSet in Ink on #9CAFED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.1:1#9CAFED on Ink#9CAFEDSet in #9CAFED on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 9.1:1Navy on #9CAFED#9CAFEDSet in Navy on #9CAFED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.3:1#9CAFED on Navy#9CAFEDSet in #9CAFED on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1#9CAFED on Gunmetal#9CAFEDSet in #9CAFED on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.2:1Gunmetal on #9CAFED#9CAFEDSet in Gunmetal on #9CAFED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.2:1
For every eye: Ink on #9CAFED
#9CAFEDRed-blind (protanopia)#9CAFEDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9CAFEDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9CAFEDNo color (achromatopsia)