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#9DBFC0 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 #9DBFC0#9DBFC0Set in Charcoal on #9DBFC0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.5:1#9DBFC0 on Charcoal#9DBFC0Set in #9DBFC0 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.5:1#9DBFC0 on Gunmetal#9DBFC0Set in #9DBFC0 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1Gunmetal on #9DBFC0#9DBFC0Set in Gunmetal on #9DBFC0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.7:1#9DBFC0 on Spruce Blue#9DBFC0Set in #9DBFC0 on Spruce Blue, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.6:1Spruce Blue on #9DBFC0#9DBFC0Set in Spruce Blue on #9DBFC0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #9DBFC0
#9DBFC0Red-blind (protanopia)#9DBFC0Green-blind (deuteranopia)#9DBFC0Blue-blind (tritanopia)#9DBFC0No color (achromatopsia)