chromary
Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
neutralY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ DustAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Dust #C4C4C4.chromary

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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#B9C4BB 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Charcoal on #B9C4BB#B9C4BBSet in Charcoal on #B9C4BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#B9C4BB on Charcoal#B9C4BBSet in #B9C4BB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#B9C4BB on Iron#B9C4BBSet in #B9C4BB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #B9C4BB#B9C4BBSet in Iron on #B9C4BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#B9C4BB on Juniper#B9C4BBSet in #B9C4BB on Juniper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Juniper on #B9C4BB#B9C4BBSet in Juniper on #B9C4BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #B9C4BBThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Charcoal still stands clearly off #B9C4BB in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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