chromary

≈ Lo-FiText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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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.

support≈ Delulu#A1AFE6
neutral≈ Hydrangea#92B4E6
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Lo-FiAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lo-Fi #B49BC8.chromary

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.

How It Reads#AFAAE3 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 #AFAAE3#AFAAE3Set in Ink on #AFAAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
#AFAAE3 on Ink#AFAAE3Set in #AFAAE3 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #AFAAE3#AFAAE3Set in Navy on #AFAAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#AFAAE3 on Navy#AFAAE3Set in #AFAAE3 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#AFAAE3 on Gunmetal#AFAAE3Set in #AFAAE3 on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Gunmetal on #AFAAE3#AFAAE3Set in Gunmetal on #AFAAE3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #AFAAE3The 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 #AFAAE3 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)