chromary

Side Quest

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

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportNasturtiumCH 0186 · #EB7C2B
accentAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC

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 ReadsSide Quest 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.

Lemon on Side QuestSide QuestSet in Lemon on Side Quest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Club Soda on Side QuestSide QuestSet in Club Soda on Side Quest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large
Side Quest on LemonSide QuestSet in Side Quest on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Side Quest on Club SodaSide QuestSet in Side Quest on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large
Dust on Side QuestSide Quest
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Side Quest on DustSide Quest
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on Side QuestThe 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 Lemon still stands clearly off Side Quest in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

Side Quest
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
Side Quest
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
Side Quest
No color (achromatopsia)