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#C9DBDE 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 #C9DBDE#C9DBDESet in Charcoal on #C9DBDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA#C9DBDE on Charcoal#C9DBDESet in #C9DBDE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1 WCAG AAA#C9DBDE on Iron#C9DBDESet in #C9DBDE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAAIron on #C9DBDE#C9DBDESet in Iron on #C9DBDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA#C9DBDE on Spruce Blue#C9DBDESet in #C9DBDE on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 6.3:1 WCAG AASpruce Blue on #C9DBDE#C9DBDESet in Spruce Blue on #C9DBDE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9DBDE
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