chromary
Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportBeeswaxCH 0663 · #F1B851
accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ DuskAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Dusk #8F729F.chromary

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.

How It Reads#A36EAA 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.

Milk on #A36EAA#A36EAASet in Milk on #A36EAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#A36EAA on Milk#A36EAASet in #A36EAA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Lilac on #A36EAA#A36EAA
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #A36EAA#A36EAA
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#A36EAA on Pink Lilac#A36EAA
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#A36EAA on Ink#A36EAA
Display sizesLc 35 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #A36EAAThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #A36EAA 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)