chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ GreigeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Greige #C5BCB0.chromary

Color Values

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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#A9BEA3 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 #A9BEA3#A9BEA3Set in Panel on #A9BEA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 9.2:1
#A9BEA3 on Panel#A9BEA3Set in #A9BEA3 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.2:1
#A9BEA3 on Iron#A9BEA3Set in #A9BEA3 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1
Iron on #A9BEA3#A9BEA3Set in Iron on #A9BEA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.9:1
#A9BEA3 on Eucalyptus#A9BEA3Set in #A9BEA3 on Eucalyptus, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.6:1
Eucalyptus on #A9BEA3#A9BEA3Set in Eucalyptus on #A9BEA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1

For every eye: Panel on #A9BEA3

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