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≈ Pink Orchid#9E73BB
neutral≈ Periwinkle Purple#8E78C5
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#AB6EAD 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 #AB6EAD#AB6EADSet in Milk on #AB6EAD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AB6EAD on Milk#AB6EADSet in #AB6EAD on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #AB6EAD#AB6EAD
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Pink Lilac on #AB6EAD#AB6EAD
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#AB6EAD on Ink#AB6EAD
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#AB6EAD on Pink Lilac#AB6EAD
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #AB6EADThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #AB6EAD 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)