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I am developing a calculator appI am developing a calculator app which looks like this:

enter image description here

I'd like to bundle a few themes for the user. So I pick a few colors for the keypad I like. However, I have a hard time to determine which color to use for the borders. Besides, I found pure white or pure black text may not always look the best...

For example, I have no idea of how to determine the border color for the following blue theme:

enter image description here

Is there any guideline or tool I can use? Now I am taking a trial-and-error approach (moving mouse pointer on the Photoshop color palette aimlessly)...

I am developing a calculator app which looks like this:

enter image description here

I'd like to bundle a few themes for the user. So I pick a few colors for the keypad I like. However, I have a hard time to determine which color to use for the borders. Besides, I found pure white or pure black text may not always look the best...

For example, I have no idea of how to determine the border color for the following blue theme:

enter image description here

Is there any guideline or tool I can use? Now I am taking a trial-and-error approach (moving mouse pointer on the Photoshop color palette aimlessly)...

I am developing a calculator app which looks like this:

enter image description here

I'd like to bundle a few themes for the user. So I pick a few colors for the keypad I like. However, I have a hard time to determine which color to use for the borders. Besides, I found pure white or pure black text may not always look the best...

For example, I have no idea of how to determine the border color for the following blue theme:

enter image description here

Is there any guideline or tool I can use? Now I am taking a trial-and-error approach (moving mouse pointer on the Photoshop color palette aimlessly)...

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How to find matching colors for label text and border for a keypad?

I am developing a calculator app which looks like this:

enter image description here

I'd like to bundle a few themes for the user. So I pick a few colors for the keypad I like. However, I have a hard time to determine which color to use for the borders. Besides, I found pure white or pure black text may not always look the best...

For example, I have no idea of how to determine the border color for the following blue theme:

enter image description here

Is there any guideline or tool I can use? Now I am taking a trial-and-error approach (moving mouse pointer on the Photoshop color palette aimlessly)...