chromary

≈ Feather

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportOatCH 0101 · #DCD3C0
neutralPale DenimCH 0440 · #C8CED9
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ FeatherAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Feather #D7D7D7.chromary

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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#CED9CC 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.

Panel on #CED9CC#CED9CCSet in Panel on #CED9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 12.5:1 WCAG AAA
#CED9CC on Panel#CED9CCSet in #CED9CC on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 80 · 12.5:1 WCAG AAA
#CED9CC on Iron#CED9CCSet in #CED9CC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Iron on #CED9CC#CED9CCSet in Iron on #CED9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#CED9CC on Eucalyptus#CED9CCSet in #CED9CC on Eucalyptus, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Eucalyptus on #CED9CC#CED9CCSet in Eucalyptus on #CED9CC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #CED9CCThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Panel still stands clearly off #CED9CC in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)