chromary

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

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.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#B5ACDC 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Ink on #B5ACDC#B5ACDCSet in Ink on #B5ACDC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1
#B5ACDC on Ink#B5ACDCSet in #B5ACDC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.3:1
Navy on #B5ACDC#B5ACDCSet in Navy on #B5ACDC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#B5ACDC on Navy#B5ACDCSet in #B5ACDC on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#B5ACDC on Iron#B5ACDCSet in #B5ACDC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #B5ACDC#B5ACDCSet in Iron on #B5ACDC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Ink on #B5ACDC

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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)