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.

accentViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ GreigeAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Greige #C5BCB0.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#A8BFA3 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.

Panel on #A8BFA3#A8BFA3Set in Panel on #A8BFA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#A8BFA3 on Panel#A8BFA3Set in #A8BFA3 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#A8BFA3 on Iron#A8BFA3Set in #A8BFA3 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #A8BFA3#A8BFA3Set in Iron on #A8BFA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#A8BFA3 on Eucalyptus#A8BFA3Set in #A8BFA3 on Eucalyptus, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA
Eucalyptus on #A8BFA3#A8BFA3Set in Eucalyptus on #A8BFA3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #A8BFA3The 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 Panel still stands clearly off #A8BFA3 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)