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.

supportCementCH 0566 · #929292
neutralY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#40687E 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.

Club Soda on #40687E#40687ESet in Club Soda on #40687E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Electric Lemon on #40687E#40687ESet in Electric Lemon on #40687E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#40687E on Club Soda#40687ESet in #40687E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#40687E on Electric Lemon#40687ESet in #40687E on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #40687E#40687ESet in Feather on #40687E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large
#40687E on Feather#40687ESet in #40687E on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Club Soda on #40687EThe 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #40687E in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#40687E
Red-blind (protanopia)
#40687E
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#40687E
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#40687E
No color (achromatopsia)