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#C9C6C5 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 #C9C6C5#C9C6C5Set in Charcoal on #C9C6C5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 11.0:1#C9C6C5 on Charcoal#C9C6C5Set in #C9C6C5 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 11.0:1#C9C6C5 on Graphite#C9C6C5Set in #C9C6C5 on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 8.3:1Graphite on #C9C6C5#C9C6C5Set in Graphite on #C9C6C5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 8.3:1#C9C6C5 on Iron#C9C6C5Set in #C9C6C5 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 65 · 6.9:1Iron on #C9C6C5#C9C6C5Set in Iron on #C9C6C5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 64 · 6.9:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9C6C5
#C9C6C5Red-blind (protanopia)#C9C6C5Green-blind (deuteranopia)#C9C6C5Blue-blind (tritanopia)#C9C6C5No color (achromatopsia)