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#DBD5DC 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 #DBD5DC#DBD5DCSet in Charcoal on #DBD5DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1#DBD5DC on Charcoal#DBD5DCSet in #DBD5DC on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 13.0:1#DBD5DC on Iron#DBD5DCSet in #DBD5DC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 75 · 8.1:1Iron on #DBD5DC#DBD5DCSet in Iron on #DBD5DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 8.1:1#DBD5DC on Asphalt#DBD5DCSet in #DBD5DC on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 71 · 6.7:1Asphalt on #DBD5DC#DBD5DCSet in Asphalt on #DBD5DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 69 · 6.7:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DBD5DC
#DBD5DCRed-blind (protanopia)#DBD5DCGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DBD5DCBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DBD5DCNo color (achromatopsia)