chromary

≈ Amethyst

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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.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
support≈ Jade#539A61
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ AmethystAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Amethyst #9966CC.chromary

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.

How It Reads#AC6EA9 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 #AC6EA9#AC6EA9Set in Milk on #AC6EA9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AC6EA9 on Milk#AC6EA9Set in #AC6EA9 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #AC6EA9#AC6EA9
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Pink Lilac on #AC6EA9#AC6EA9
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
#AC6EA9 on Ink#AC6EA9
Display sizesLc 36 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#AC6EA9 on Pink Lilac#AC6EA9
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #AC6EA9

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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)