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 ReadsPale Jade 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.
Panel on Pale JadePale JadeSet in Panel on Pale Jade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 11.7:1 WCAG AAAPale Jade on PanelPale JadeSet in Pale Jade on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 11.7:1 WCAG AAAPale Jade on ForestPale JadeSet in Pale Jade on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAAPale Jade on IronPale JadeSet in Pale Jade on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 7.5:1 WCAG AAAForest on Pale JadePale JadeSet in Forest on Pale Jade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAAIron on Pale JadePale JadeSet in Iron on Pale Jade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 7.5:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: Panel on Pale JadeThe 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 Panel still stands clearly off Pale Jade in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
Pale JadeRed-blind (protanopia)Pale JadeGreen-blind (deuteranopia)Pale JadeBlue-blind (tritanopia)Pale JadeNo color (achromatopsia)