chromary

≈ Baby Blue

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

supportDeluluCH 0596 · #C9B6F2
neutral≈ Lilac Pop#BCB7E7
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Baby BlueAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Baby Blue #89CFF0.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#A4BFEA 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 #A4BFEA#A4BFEASet in Ink on #A4BFEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BFEA on Ink#A4BFEASet in #A4BFEA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #A4BFEA#A4BFEASet in Navy on #A4BFEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BFEA on Navy#A4BFEASet in #A4BFEA on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
#A4BFEA on Gunmetal#A4BFEASet in #A4BFEA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #A4BFEA#A4BFEASet in Gunmetal on #A4BFEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #A4BFEAThe 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 #A4BFEA 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)