chromary

≈ Amethyst

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
neutralFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ AmethystAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Amethyst #9966CC.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#AA6CAD 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 #AA6CAD#AA6CADSet in Milk on #AA6CAD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#AA6CAD on Milk#AA6CADSet in #AA6CAD 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 #AA6CAD#AA6CAD
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #AA6CAD#AA6CAD
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#AA6CAD on Pink Lilac#AA6CAD
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#AA6CAD on Ink#AA6CAD
Display sizesLc 35 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #AA6CAD

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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)