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≈ Orchid Pop

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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.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutralLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Orchid PopAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid Pop #94559E.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#9469AA 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.

Lemon on #9469AA#9469AASet in Lemon on #9469AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #9469AA#9469AASet in Pink Mist on #9469AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#9469AA on Lemon#9469AASet in #9469AA on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#9469AA on Pink Mist#9469AASet in #9469AA on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Mint Flash on #9469AA#9469AASet in Mint Flash on #9469AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#9469AA on Mint Flash#9469AASet in #9469AA on Mint Flash, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #9469AAThe 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 Lemon still stands clearly off #9469AA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#9469AA
Red-blind (protanopia)
#9469AA
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#9469AA
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#9469AA
No color (achromatopsia)