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#555766 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.
Club Soda on #555766#555766Set in Club Soda on #555766, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 6.2:1Acid on #555766#555766Set in Acid on #555766, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 6.0:1#555766 on Club Soda#555766Set in #555766 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 6.2:1#555766 on Acid#555766Set in #555766 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 6.0:1Feather on #555766#555766Set in Feather on #555766, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 5.0:1#555766 on Feather#555766Set in #555766 on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 5.0:1
For every eye: Club Soda on #555766
#555766Red-blind (protanopia)#555766Green-blind (deuteranopia)#555766Blue-blind (tritanopia)#555766No color (achromatopsia)