chromary

≈ Amethyst

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Aconite#9669E0
neutral≈ Royal#7C72EA
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ AmethystAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Amethyst #9966CC.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#AB60CF 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.

Lemon on #AB60CF#AB60CFSet in Lemon on #AB60CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #AB60CF#AB60CFSet in Pink Mist on #AB60CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AB60CF on Lemon#AB60CFSet in #AB60CF on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#AB60CF on Pink Mist#AB60CFSet in #AB60CF on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Mint Flash on #AB60CF#AB60CFSet in Mint Flash on #AB60CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#AB60CF on Mint Flash#AB60CF
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #AB60CFThe 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 Lemon still stands clearly off #AB60CF in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#AB60CF
Red-blind (protanopia)
#AB60CF
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#AB60CF
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#AB60CF
No color (achromatopsia)