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#C0BCBE 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 #C0BCBE#C0BCBESet in Charcoal on #C0BCBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 10.0:1#C0BCBE on Charcoal#C0BCBESet in #C0BCBE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 10.0:1#C0BCBE on Iron#C0BCBESet in #C0BCBE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 6.2:1Iron on #C0BCBE#C0BCBESet in Iron on #C0BCBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1#C0BCBE on Asphalt#C0BCBESet in #C0BCBE on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.2:1Asphalt on #C0BCBE#C0BCBESet in Asphalt on #C0BCBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.2:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C0BCBE
#C0BCBERed-blind (protanopia)#C0BCBEGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C0BCBEBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C0BCBENo color (achromatopsia)