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#A3B9CA 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 #A3B9CA#A3B9CASet in Ink on #A3B9CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.7:1#A3B9CA on Ink#A3B9CASet in #A3B9CA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.7:1Navy on #A3B9CA#A3B9CASet in Navy on #A3B9CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 7.1:1#A3B9CA on Navy#A3B9CASet in #A3B9CA on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 7.1:1#A3B9CA on Gunmetal#A3B9CASet in #A3B9CA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.5:1Gunmetal on #A3B9CA#A3B9CASet in Gunmetal on #A3B9CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1
For every eye: Ink on #A3B9CA
#A3B9CARed-blind (protanopia)#A3B9CAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#A3B9CABlue-blind (tritanopia)#A3B9CANo color (achromatopsia)