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#C0CECE 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 #C0CECE#C0CECESet in Charcoal on #C0CECE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 11.6:1#C0CECE on Charcoal#C0CECESet in #C0CECE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 11.6:1#C0CECE on Graphite#C0CECESet in #C0CECE on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 8.7:1Graphite on #C0CECE#C0CECESet in Graphite on #C0CECE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 8.7:1#C0CECE on Gunmetal#C0CECESet in #C0CECE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 6.9:1Gunmetal on #C0CECE#C0CECESet in Gunmetal on #C0CECE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 6.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C0CECE
#C0CECERed-blind (protanopia)#C0CECEGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C0CECEBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C0CECENo color (achromatopsia)