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#9C9C9C 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.
Charcoal on #9C9C9C#9C9C9CSet in Charcoal on #9C9C9C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.8:1Milk on #9C9C9C#9C9C9CSet in Milk on #9C9C9C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.5:1#9C9C9C on Charcoal#9C9C9CSet in #9C9C9C on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 6.8:1Graphite on #9C9C9C#9C9C9CSet in Graphite on #9C9C9C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 46 · 5.1:1#9C9C9C on Milk#9C9C9CSet in #9C9C9C on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.5:1#9C9C9C on Graphite#9C9C9CDisplay sizesLc 45 · 5.1:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #9C9C9C
#9C9C9CRed-blind (protanopia)#9C9C9CGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9C9C9CBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9C9C9CNo color (achromatopsia)