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#E6ECEA 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.
#E6ECEA on Charcoal#E6ECEASet in #E6ECEA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 94 · 15.6:1 WCAG AAACharcoal on #E6ECEA#E6ECEASet in Charcoal on #E6ECEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 93 · 15.6:1 WCAG AAA#E6ECEA on Iron#E6ECEASet in #E6ECEA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 87 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAAIron on #E6ECEA#E6ECEASet in Iron on #E6ECEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 84 · 9.7:1 WCAG AAA#E6ECEA on Slate Teal#E6ECEASet in #E6ECEA on Slate Teal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 82 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAASlate Teal on #E6ECEA#E6ECEASet in Slate Teal on #E6ECEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 79 · 7.6:1 WCAG AAA
For every eye: #E6ECEA on Charcoal
#E6ECEARed-blind (protanopia)#E6ECEAGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#E6ECEABlue-blind (tritanopia)#E6ECEANo color (achromatopsia)