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#9CA2AA 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.
Charcoal on #9CA2AA#9CA2AASet in Charcoal on #9CA2AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA#9CA2AA on Charcoal#9CA2AASet in #9CA2AA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAAGraphite on #9CA2AA#9CA2AASet in Graphite on #9CA2AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA#9CA2AA on Graphite#9CA2AASet in #9CA2AA on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.4:1 WCAG AAClub Soda on #9CA2AA#9CA2AADisplay sizesLc 44 · 2.2:1 fails WCAGGunmetal on #9CA2AA#9CA2AADisplay sizesLc 43 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Charcoal on #9CA2AA
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