chromary

≈ Hazy SkyText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
neutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Hazy SkyAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hazy Sky #9DB4CD.chromary

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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#9EADDA 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.

Night Sky on #9EADDA#9EADDASet in Night Sky on #9EADDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#9EADDA on Night Sky#9EADDASet in #9EADDA on Night Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#9EADDA on Deep Sea#9EADDASet in #9EADDA on Deep Sea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#9EADDA on Gunmetal#9EADDASet in #9EADDA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Deep Sea on #9EADDA#9EADDASet in Deep Sea on #9EADDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #9EADDA#9EADDASet in Gunmetal on #9EADDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Night Sky on #9EADDAThe 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 Night Sky still stands clearly off #9EADDA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#9EADDA
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#9EADDA
No color (achromatopsia)