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#C5C8CD 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 #C5C8CD#C5C8CDSet in Charcoal on #C5C8CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 11.1:1 WCAG AAA#C5C8CD on Charcoal#C5C8CDSet in #C5C8CD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 11.1:1 WCAG AAA#C5C8CD on Graphite#C5C8CDSet in #C5C8CD on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAAGraphite on #C5C8CD#C5C8CDSet in Graphite on #C5C8CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA#C5C8CD on Gunmetal#C5C8CDSet in #C5C8CD on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 6.6:1 WCAG AAGunmetal on #C5C8CD#C5C8CDSet in Gunmetal on #C5C8CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Charcoal on #C5C8CD
#C5C8CDRed-blind (protanopia)#C5C8CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C5C8CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C5C8CDNo color (achromatopsia)