chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
supportPewterCH 0564 · #636363
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#62656E 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 #62656E#62656ESet in Citron on #62656E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Club Soda on #62656E#62656ESet in Club Soda on #62656E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#62656E on Citron#62656ESet in #62656E on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#62656E on Club Soda#62656ESet in #62656E on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Feather on #62656E#62656ESet in Feather on #62656E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
#62656E on Feather#62656ESet in #62656E on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Citron on #62656EThe 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 #62656E in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#62656E
Red-blind (protanopia)
#62656E
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#62656E
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#62656E
No color (achromatopsia)