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#BEC9CC 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 #BEC9CC#BEC9CCSet in Charcoal on #BEC9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 11.1:1#BEC9CC on Charcoal#BEC9CCSet in #BEC9CC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 11.1:1#BEC9CC on Graphite#BEC9CCSet in #BEC9CC on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 8.3:1Graphite on #BEC9CC#BEC9CCSet in Graphite on #BEC9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 8.3:1#BEC9CC on Gunmetal#BEC9CCSet in #BEC9CC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 6.6:1Gunmetal on #BEC9CC#BEC9CCSet in Gunmetal on #BEC9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 6.6:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #BEC9CC
#BEC9CCRed-blind (protanopia)#BEC9CCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#BEC9CCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#BEC9CCNo color (achromatopsia)