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#9CB3DC 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.
Ink on #9CB3DC#9CB3DCSet in Ink on #9CB3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1#9CB3DC on Ink#9CB3DCSet in #9CB3DC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 9.3:1Navy on #9CB3DC#9CB3DCSet in Navy on #9CB3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.8:1#9CB3DC on Navy#9CB3DCSet in #9CB3DC on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.8:1#9CB3DC on Gunmetal#9CB3DCSet in #9CB3DC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1Gunmetal on #9CB3DC#9CB3DCSet in Gunmetal on #9CB3DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1
For every eye: Ink on #9CB3DC
#9CB3DCRed-blind (protanopia)#9CB3DCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#9CB3DCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#9CB3DCNo color (achromatopsia)