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#C9B0B9 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 #C9B0B9#C9B0B9Set in Charcoal on #C9B0B9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 9.3:1#C9B0B9 on Charcoal#C9B0B9Set in #C9B0B9 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.3:1#C9B0B9 on Espresso#C9B0B9Set in #C9B0B9 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.0:1Espresso on #C9B0B9#C9B0B9Set in Espresso on #C9B0B9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.0:1#C9B0B9 on Asphalt#C9B0B9Set in #C9B0B9 on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.8:1Asphalt on #C9B0B9#C9B0B9Set in Asphalt on #C9B0B9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.8:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9B0B9
#C9B0B9Red-blind (protanopia)#C9B0B9Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C9B0B9Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C9B0B9No color (achromatopsia)