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#A9BC9E 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.
Panel on #A9BC9E#A9BC9ESet in Panel on #A9BC9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.0:1#A9BC9E on Panel#A9BC9ESet in #A9BC9E on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 9.0:1#A9BC9E on Iron#A9BC9ESet in #A9BC9E on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1Iron on #A9BC9E#A9BC9ESet in Iron on #A9BC9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.8:1#A9BC9E on Olive Grey#A9BC9ESet in #A9BC9E on Olive Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.5:1Olive Grey on #A9BC9E#A9BC9ESet in Olive Grey on #A9BC9E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Panel on #A9BC9E
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