chromary

≈ Aconite

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportHoneyCH 0044 · #EBA937
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
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#B63FEA 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.

Lemon on #B63FEA#B63FEASet in Lemon on #B63FEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #B63FEA#B63FEASet in Pink Mist on #B63FEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
#B63FEA on Lemon#B63FEASet in #B63FEA on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#B63FEA on Pink Mist#B63FEASet in #B63FEA on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Mint Flash on #B63FEA#B63FEASet in Mint Flash on #B63FEA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#B63FEA on Mint Flash#B63FEA
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #B63FEAThe 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 Lemon still stands clearly off #B63FEA 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)