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#C3CDCF 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 #C3CDCF#C3CDCFSet in Charcoal on #C3CDCF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 75 · 11.6:1#C3CDCF on Charcoal#C3CDCFSet in #C3CDCF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 11.6:1#C3CDCF on Graphite#C3CDCFSet in #C3CDCF on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 8.7:1Graphite on #C3CDCF#C3CDCFSet in Graphite on #C3CDCF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 8.7:1#C3CDCF on Gunmetal#C3CDCFSet in #C3CDCF on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 6.9:1Gunmetal on #C3CDCF#C3CDCFSet in Gunmetal on #C3CDCF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 6.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C3CDCF
#C3CDCFRed-blind (protanopia)#C3CDCFGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C3CDCFBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C3CDCFNo color (achromatopsia)