chromary

≈ Pink Orchid

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.

supportLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
accentAuroraCH 0336 · #44EDC3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Pink OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Orchid #B08DD0.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#A37CAF 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 #A37CAF#A37CAFSet in Pink Mist on #A37CAF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#A37CAF on Pink Mist#A37CAFSet in #A37CAF on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #A37CAF#A37CAF
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#A37CAF on Ink#A37CAF
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Eggplant on #A37CAF#A37CAF
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Lilac on #A37CAF#A37CAF
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Mist on #A37CAFThe 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 #A37CAF 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)