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
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ ShaleAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Shale #5B646F.chromary

Color Values

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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#455E62 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 #455E62#455E62Set in Citron on #455E62, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 79 · 6.1:1
Club Soda on #455E62#455E62Set in Club Soda on #455E62, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 6.0:1
#455E62 on Citron#455E62Set in #455E62 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 6.1:1
#455E62 on Club Soda#455E62Set in #455E62 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 6.0:1
Feather on #455E62#455E62Set in Feather on #455E62, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 4.8:1
#455E62 on Feather#455E62Set in #455E62 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 4.8:1

For every eye: Citron on #455E62

#455E62
Red-blind (protanopia)
#455E62
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#455E62
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#455E62
No color (achromatopsia)