chromary

≈ Hyacinth

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ HyacinthAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hyacinth #9F95D0.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#967EB5 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 #967EB5#967EB5Set in Pink Mist on #967EB5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#967EB5 on Pink Mist#967EB5Set in #967EB5 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #967EB5#967EB5
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#967EB5 on Ink#967EB5
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Sweet Pea on #967EB5#967EB5
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
Blackcurrant on #967EB5#967EB5
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Pink Mist on #967EB5The 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 #967EB5 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#967EB5
Red-blind (protanopia)
#967EB5
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#967EB5
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#967EB5
No color (achromatopsia)