chromary

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

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

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportLilac DustCH 0505 · #A697B5
neutralLilac MistCH 0470 · #9E9BB5
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Dusty OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Dusty Orchid #B093B5.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#AE95AC 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 #AE95AC#AE95ACSet in Ink on #AE95AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Milk on #AE95AC#AE95ACSet in Milk on #AE95AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#AE95AC on Ink#AE95ACSet in #AE95AC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Graphite on #AE95AC#AE95ACSet in Graphite on #AE95AC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#AE95AC on Milk#AE95ACSet in #AE95AC on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#AE95AC on Graphite#AE95AC
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #AE95ACThe 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 #AE95AC 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)