chromary

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

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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.

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nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
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claim its number≈ HyacinthAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hyacinth #9F95D0.chromary

Named neighbors

HyacinthCH 0472
Lo-FiCH 0597

Named opposites

ButtercupCH 0256
SandCH 0099

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#ABA0E9 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 #ABA0E9#ABA0E9Set in Ink on #ABA0E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#ABA0E9 on Ink#ABA0E9Set in #ABA0E9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
Royal Purple on #ABA0E9#ABA0E9Set in Royal Purple on #ABA0E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#ABA0E9 on Royal Purple#ABA0E9Set in #ABA0E9 on Royal Purple, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#ABA0E9 on Gunmetal#ABA0E9Set in #ABA0E9 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #ABA0E9#ABA0E9Set in Gunmetal on #ABA0E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #ABA0E9

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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)