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#C1C9C9 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 #C1C9C9#C1C9C9Set in Charcoal on #C1C9C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 11.1:1#C1C9C9 on Charcoal#C1C9C9Set in #C1C9C9 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 11.1:1#C1C9C9 on Graphite#C1C9C9Set in #C1C9C9 on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 8.4:1Graphite on #C1C9C9#C1C9C9Set in Graphite on #C1C9C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 8.4:1#C1C9C9 on Iron#C1C9C9Set in #C1C9C9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 7.0:1Iron on #C1C9C9#C1C9C9Set in Iron on #C1C9C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 7.0:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C1C9C9
#C1C9C9Red-blind (protanopia)#C1C9C9Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C1C9C9Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C1C9C9No color (achromatopsia)