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#B9BCBB 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 #B9BCBB#B9BCBBSet in Charcoal on #B9BCBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 9.8:1#B9BCBB on Charcoal#B9BCBBSet in #B9BCBB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.8:1#B9BCBB on Iron#B9BCBBSet in #B9BCBB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.1:1Iron on #B9BCBB#B9BCBBSet in Iron on #B9BCBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 6.1:1#B9BCBB on Slate Teal#B9BCBBSet in #B9BCBB on Slate Teal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 4.8:1Slate Teal on #B9BCBB#B9BCBBSet in Slate Teal on #B9BCBB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #B9BCBB
#B9BCBBRed-blind (protanopia)#B9BCBBGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#B9BCBBBlue-blind (tritanopia)#B9BCBBNo color (achromatopsia)