chromary

≈ Amethyst

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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.

accentAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
supportFieldCH 0119 · #3F9B0B
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ AmethystAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Amethyst #9966CC.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#A064C4 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.

Acid on #A064C4#A064C4Set in Acid on #A064C4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #A064C4#A064C4Set in Pink Mist on #A064C4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#A064C4 on Acid#A064C4Set in #A064C4 on Acid, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#A064C4 on Pink Mist#A064C4Set in #A064C4 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Dust on #A064C4#A064C4
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #A064C4#A064C4
Display sizesLc 35 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Acid on #A064C4The 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 Acid still stands clearly off #A064C4 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)