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≈ HyacinthText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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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.

supportLight LavenderCH 0478 · #CECAE7
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ HyacinthAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hyacinth #9F95D0.chromary

Named neighbors

HyacinthCH 0472
Lo-FiCH 0597

Named opposites

SandCH 0099
GoldCH 0046

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.

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How It Reads#AAA2EE 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.

Ink on #AAA2EE#AAA2EESet in Ink on #AAA2EE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#AAA2EE on Ink#AAA2EESet in #AAA2EE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
Royal Purple on #AAA2EE#AAA2EESet in Royal Purple on #AAA2EE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#AAA2EE on Royal Purple#AAA2EESet in #AAA2EE on Royal Purple, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#AAA2EE on Gunmetal#AAA2EESet in #AAA2EE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #AAA2EE#AAA2EESet in Gunmetal on #AAA2EE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #AAA2EE

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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)