chromary
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.

accentSeafoamCH 0057 · #78FFB2
supportPineCH 0060 · #01796F
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ PlumAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Plum #8E4585.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#A13179 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 Milk on #A13179#A13179Set in Pink Milk on #A13179, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 72 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Seafoam on #A13179#A13179Set in Seafoam on #A13179, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#A13179 on Pink Milk#A13179Set in #A13179 on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#A13179 on Seafoam#A13179Set in #A13179 on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #A13179#A13179Set in Dust on #A13179, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#A13179 on Dust#A13179Set in #A13179 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Pink Milk on #A13179The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #A13179 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)