chromary

≈ Aconite

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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≈ Mauve#DA98FA
neutralFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ AconiteAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Aconite #A55AF4.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#B459DC 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 #B459DC#B459DCSet in Pink Mist on #B459DC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#B459DC on Pink Mist#B459DCSet in #B459DC on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #B459DC#B459DC
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#B459DC on Ink#B459DC
Display sizesLc 35 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Dust on #B459DC#B459DC
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
Mauve on #B459DC#B459DC
Display sizesLc 33 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Pink Mist on #B459DCThe 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 #B459DC 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)