chromary

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

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Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutralSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Light UltravioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Light Ultraviolet #A28AF6.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#ADA2FA 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 #ADA2FA#ADA2FASet in Ink on #ADA2FA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#ADA2FA on Ink#ADA2FASet in #ADA2FA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
Midnight on #ADA2FA#ADA2FASet in Midnight on #ADA2FA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#ADA2FA on Midnight#ADA2FASet in #ADA2FA on Midnight, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#ADA2FA on Gunmetal#ADA2FASet in #ADA2FA on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #ADA2FA#ADA2FASet in Gunmetal on #ADA2FA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #ADA2FA

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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)