chromary
Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportGunmetalCH 0576 · #333C45
neutralDoomscrollCH 0587 · #121A2B
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
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#596286 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.

Citron on #596286#596286Set in Citron on #596286, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Club Soda on #596286#596286Set in Club Soda on #596286, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#596286 on Citron#596286Set in #596286 on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 71 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#596286 on Club Soda#596286Set in #596286 on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #596286#596286Set in Feather on #596286, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 4.1:1 WCAG AA large
#596286 on Feather#596286Set in #596286 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: Citron on #596286The 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 Citron still stands clearly off #596286 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)