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#C1B3C7 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.
Ink on #C1B3C7#C1B3C7Set in Ink on #C1B3C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.9:1#C1B3C7 on Ink#C1B3C7Set in #C1B3C7 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.9:1Graphite on #C1B3C7#C1B3C7Set in Graphite on #C1B3C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 7.1:1#C1B3C7 on Graphite#C1B3C7Set in #C1B3C7 on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 60 · 7.1:1#C1B3C7 on Iron#C1B3C7Set in #C1B3C7 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1Iron on #C1B3C7#C1B3C7Set in Iron on #C1B3C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.9:1
For every eye: Ink on #C1B3C7
#C1B3C7Red-blind (protanopia)#C1B3C7Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C1B3C7Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C1B3C7No color (achromatopsia)