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≈ Blue Flash

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
accentAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Blue FlashAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Blue Flash #AAD3FA.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#A5D3FF 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.

Night Sky on #A5D3FF#A5D3FFSet in Night Sky on #A5D3FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
#A5D3FF on Night Sky#A5D3FFSet in #A5D3FF on Night Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
#A5D3FF on Deep Sea#A5D3FFSet in #A5D3FF on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA
#A5D3FF on Gunmetal#A5D3FFSet in #A5D3FF on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Deep Sea on #A5D3FF#A5D3FFSet in Deep Sea on #A5D3FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA
Gunmetal on #A5D3FF#A5D3FFSet in Gunmetal on #A5D3FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Night Sky on #A5D3FFThe 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 Night Sky still stands clearly off #A5D3FF 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)