chromary
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≈ Plum#6E4F7A
neutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ DamsonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Damson #5D1451.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#492057 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.

Pink Mist on #492057#492057Set in Pink Mist on #492057, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 10.7:1 WCAG AAA
#492057 on Pink Mist#492057Set in #492057 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 86 · 10.7:1 WCAG AAA
Glow Stick on #492057#492057Set in Glow Stick on #492057, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#492057 on Glow Stick#492057Set in #492057 on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 75 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
Dust on #492057#492057Set in Dust on #492057, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAA
#492057 on Dust#492057Set in #492057 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 7.3:1 WCAG AAA

For every eye: Pink Mist on #492057The 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 Pink Mist still stands clearly off #492057 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)