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#D5D5CD 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 #D5D5CD#D5D5CDSet in Charcoal on #D5D5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 12.7:1#D5D5CD on Charcoal#D5D5CDSet in #D5D5CD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 12.7:1#D5D5CD on Iron#D5D5CDSet in #D5D5CD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 7.9:1Iron on #D5D5CD#D5D5CDSet in Iron on #D5D5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 72 · 7.9:1#D5D5CD on Field Grey#D5D5CDSet in #D5D5CD on Field Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 68 · 6.2:1Field Grey on #D5D5CD#D5D5CDSet in Field Grey on #D5D5CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 66 · 6.2:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #D5D5CD
#D5D5CDRed-blind (protanopia)#D5D5CDGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#D5D5CDBlue-blind (tritanopia)#D5D5CDNo color (achromatopsia)