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#C9DCDA 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 #C9DCDA#C9DCDASet in Charcoal on #C9DCDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.1:1#C9DCDA on Charcoal#C9DCDASet in #C9DCDA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.1:1#C9DCDA on Iron#C9DCDASet in #C9DCDA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 8.2:1Iron on #C9DCDA#C9DCDASet in Iron on #C9DCDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 74 · 8.2:1#C9DCDA on Slate Teal#C9DCDASet in #C9DCDA on Slate Teal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 6.4:1Slate Teal on #C9DCDA#C9DCDASet in Slate Teal on #C9DCDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 6.4:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #C9DCDA
#C9DCDARed-blind (protanopia)#C9DCDAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#C9DCDABlue-blind (tritanopia)#C9DCDANo color (achromatopsia)