chromary

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

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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.

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nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
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claim its number≈ HyacinthAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Hyacinth #9F95D0.chromary

Named neighbors

HyacinthCH 0472
Pink OrchidCH 0507

Named opposites

Lime MossCH 0258
PistachioCH 0062

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.

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How It Reads#AE9EEE 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 #AE9EEE#AE9EEESet in Ink on #AE9EEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#AE9EEE on Ink#AE9EEESet in #AE9EEE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
Royal Purple on #AE9EEE#AE9EEESet in Royal Purple on #AE9EEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#AE9EEE on Royal Purple#AE9EEESet in #AE9EEE on Royal Purple, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #AE9EEE#AE9EEESet in Iron on #AE9EEE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
#AE9EEE on Iron#AE9EEESet in #AE9EEE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #AE9EEE

#AE9EEE
Red-blind (protanopia)
#AE9EEE
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#AE9EEE
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#AE9EEE
No color (achromatopsia)