chromary

≈ Rose Dust

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Cherry Blossom#D7B2D0
neutralPink IceCH 0557 · #FDE2F4
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Rose DustAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Rose Dust #B891AB.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#AE7FA6 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 #AE7FA6#AE7FA6Set in Milk on #AE7FA6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#AE7FA6 on Milk#AE7FA6Set in #AE7FA6 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #AE7FA6#AE7FA6
Display sizesLc 43 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#AE7FA6 on Ink#AE7FA6
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Espresso on #AE7FA6#AE7FA6
Display sizesLc 37 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
#AE7FA6 on Espresso#AE7FA6
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #AE7FA6The 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 #AE7FA6 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)