chromary
Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
neutralSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperVaporCH 0373 · #DDF0ED
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#40625F 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.

Vapor on #40625F#40625FSet in Vapor on #40625F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#40625F on Vapor#40625FSet in #40625F on Vapor, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Butter on #40625F#40625FSet in Butter on #40625F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#40625F on Butter#40625FSet in #40625F on Butter, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #40625F#40625FSet in Feather on #40625F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA
#40625F on Feather#40625FSet in #40625F on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Vapor on #40625FThe 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 Vapor still stands clearly off #40625F 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)