chromary

≈ HydrangeaText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
supportSandCH 0099 · #C2B280
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ HydrangeaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hydrangea #849FD0.chromary

Named neighbors

HydrangeaCH 0436
Lilac BloomCH 0471

Named opposites

SandCH 0099
GoldCH 0046

Color Values

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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.

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How It Reads#8CABEE 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.

Ink on #8CABEE#8CABEESet in Ink on #8CABEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#8CABEE on Ink#8CABEESet in #8CABEE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
Lapis on #8CABEE#8CABEESet in Lapis on #8CABEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#8CABEE on Lapis#8CABEESet in #8CABEE on Lapis, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#8CABEE on Gunmetal#8CABEESet in #8CABEE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #8CABEE#8CABEESet in Gunmetal on #8CABEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #8CABEE

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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)