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#C9B2BC 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 #C9B2BC#C9B2BCSet in Charcoal on #C9B2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 9.4:1#C9B2BC on Charcoal#C9B2BCSet in #C9B2BC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.4:1#C9B2BC on Iron#C9B2BCSet in #C9B2BC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1Iron on #C9B2BC#C9B2BCSet in Iron on #C9B2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.9:1#C9B2BC on Asphalt#C9B2BCSet in #C9B2BC on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 4.9:1Asphalt on #C9B2BC#C9B2BCSet in Asphalt on #C9B2BC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 4.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9B2BC
#C9B2BCRed-blind (protanopia)#C9B2BCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C9B2BCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#C9B2BCNo color (achromatopsia)