chromary

≈ Orchid Pop

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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
supportFieldCH 0119 · #3F9B0B
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Orchid PopAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid Pop #94559E.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#AD59AE 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 #AD59AE#AD59AESet in Milk on #AD59AE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
Electric Lemon on #AD59AE#AD59AESet in Electric Lemon on #AD59AE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#AD59AE on Milk#AD59AESet in #AD59AE on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#AD59AE on Electric Lemon#AD59AESet in #AD59AE on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #AD59AE#AD59AESet in Aurora on #AD59AE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#AD59AE on Aurora#AD59AESet in #AD59AE on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #AD59AEThe 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 #AD59AE 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)