chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel, loud, then in your register.

accentGorpCH 0603 · #F79216
supportUmberCH 0095 · #635147
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ ShaleAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Shale #5B646F.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#405D72 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Citron on #405D72#405D72Set in Citron on #405D72, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 6.1:1
Club Soda on #405D72#405D72Set in Club Soda on #405D72, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 6.0:1
#405D72 on Citron#405D72Set in #405D72 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1
#405D72 on Club Soda#405D72Set in #405D72 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 6.0:1
Feather on #405D72#405D72Set in Feather on #405D72, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 4.8:1
#405D72 on Feather#405D72Set in #405D72 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 4.8:1

For every eye: Citron on #405D72

#405D72
Red-blind (protanopia)
#405D72
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#405D72
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#405D72
No color (achromatopsia)