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≈ Black Grape

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Byzantium#60497C
neutral≈ Mauve Dust#88789D
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Black GrapeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Black Grape #31074A.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#3B195B 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.

Acid on #3B195B#3B195BSet in Acid on #3B195B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
Pink Mist on #3B195B#3B195BSet in Pink Mist on #3B195B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 90 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
#3B195B on Acid#3B195BSet in #3B195B on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
#3B195B on Pink Mist#3B195BSet in #3B195B on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 11.8:1 WCAG AAA
Dust on #3B195B#3B195BSet in Dust on #3B195B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#3B195B on Dust#3B195BSet in #3B195B on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Acid on #3B195B

#3B195B
Red-blind (protanopia)
#3B195B
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#3B195B
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#3B195B
No color (achromatopsia)