chromary
Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportWet SlateCH 0654 · #525C5E
neutralPewterCH 0564 · #636363
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ PetrolAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Petrol #005F6B.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#226869 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.

Milk on #226869#226869Set in Milk on #226869, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
Lemon on #226869#226869Set in Lemon on #226869, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#226869 on Milk#226869Set in #226869 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#226869 on Lemon#226869Set in #226869 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #226869#226869Set in Feather on #226869, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large
#226869 on Feather#226869Set in #226869 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.4:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #226869The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #226869 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)