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#596161 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.
Milk on #596161#596161Set in Milk on #596161, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 78 · 5.6:1 WCAG AALemon on #596161#596161Set in Lemon on #596161, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA#596161 on Milk#596161Set in #596161 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#596161 on Lemon#596161Set in #596161 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 5.5:1 WCAG AADust on #596161#596161Set in Dust on #596161, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large#596161 on Dust#596161Set in #596161 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Milk on #596161
#596161Red-blind (protanopia)#596161Green-blind (deuteranopia)#596161Blue-blind (tritanopia)#596161No color (achromatopsia)