chromary

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

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

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

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutral≈ Lilac#CB95D7
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ HyacinthAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hyacinth #9F95D0.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#ABA0ED 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 #ABA0ED#ABA0EDSet in Ink on #ABA0ED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#ABA0ED on Ink#ABA0EDSet in #ABA0ED on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
Royal Purple on #ABA0ED#ABA0EDSet in Royal Purple on #ABA0ED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#ABA0ED on Royal Purple#ABA0EDSet in #ABA0ED on Royal Purple, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#ABA0ED on Gunmetal#ABA0EDSet in #ABA0ED on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #ABA0ED#ABA0EDSet in Gunmetal on #ABA0ED, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #ABA0EDThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #ABA0ED 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)