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#C4CCCD 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), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Charcoal on #C4CCCD#C4CCCDSet in Charcoal on #C4CCCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA#C4CCCD on Charcoal#C4CCCDSet in #C4CCCD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA#C4CCCD on Graphite#C4CCCDSet in #C4CCCD on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAAGraphite on #C4CCCD#C4CCCDSet in Graphite on #C4CCCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 70 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA#C4CCCD on Iron#C4CCCDSet in #C4CCCD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 67 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAAIron on #C4CCCD#C4CCCDSet in Iron on #C4CCCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: Charcoal on #C4CCCD
#C4CCCDRed-blind (protanopia)#C4CCCDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C4CCCDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C4CCCDNo color (achromatopsia)