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#A9CAD5 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 #A9CAD5#A9CAD5Set in Charcoal on #A9CAD5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 10.8:1#A9CAD5 on Charcoal#A9CAD5Set in #A9CAD5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 10.8:1Navy on #A9CAD5#A9CAD5Set in Navy on #A9CAD5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 8.3:1#A9CAD5 on Navy#A9CAD5Set in #A9CAD5 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 8.3:1#A9CAD5 on Gunmetal#A9CAD5Set in #A9CAD5 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 6.5:1Gunmetal on #A9CAD5#A9CAD5Set in Gunmetal on #A9CAD5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 62 · 6.5:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #A9CAD5
#A9CAD5Red-blind (protanopia)#A9CAD5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#A9CAD5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#A9CAD5No color (achromatopsia)