chromary

≈ Amethyst

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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.

supportMauveCH 0091 · #E0B0FF
neutralFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ AmethystAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Amethyst #9966CC.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#B169DF 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.

Pink Mist on #B169DF#B169DFSet in Pink Mist on #B169DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#B169DF on Pink Mist#B169DFSet in #B169DF on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #B169DF#B169DF
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#B169DF on Ink#B169DF
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Black Grape on #B169DF#B169DF
Display sizesLc 36 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
#B169DF on Black Grape#B169DF
Display sizesLc 35 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Pink Mist on #B169DFThe 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 Pink Mist still stands clearly off #B169DF 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)