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≈ Violet Flash

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Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A
accentButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
neutralAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Violet FlashAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Violet Flash #8A94F6.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#797EDA 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.

Club Soda on #797EDA#797EDASet in Club Soda on #797EDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#797EDA on Club Soda#797EDASet in #797EDA on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Night Sky on #797EDA#797EDA
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#797EDA on Night Sky#797EDA
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Violet Ice on #797EDA#797EDA
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#797EDA on Violet Ice#797EDA
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Club Soda on #797EDAThe 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 Club Soda still stands clearly off #797EDA 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)