chromary

≈ Deep Plum

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

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Blackcurrant#210831
neutral≈ Royal Purple#1A0B36
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Deep PlumAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Deep Plum #2F1732.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#27052A 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.

Milk on #27052A#27052ASet in Milk on #27052A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 98 · 16.4:1 WCAG AAA
#27052A on Milk#27052ASet in #27052A on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 96 · 16.4:1 WCAG AAA
#27052A on Glow Stick#27052ASet in #27052A on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 12.6:1 WCAG AAA
Glow Stick on #27052A#27052ASet in Glow Stick on #27052A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 81 · 12.6:1 WCAG AAA
#27052A on Sweet Pea#27052ASet in #27052A on Sweet Pea, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA
Sweet Pea on #27052A#27052ASet in Sweet Pea on #27052A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 11.4:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Milk on #27052AThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #27052A 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)